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	Kernel: Add a comment explaining an alternate path in Process::exec()
I had to look at this for a moment before I realized that sys$execve() and the spawning of /bin/SystemServer at boot are taking two different paths out of exec(). Add a comment to help the next person looking at it. :^)
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		|  | @ -848,6 +848,9 @@ KResult Process::exec(String path, Vector<String> arguments, Vector<String> envi | |||
|         VERIFY_NOT_REACHED(); | ||||
|     } | ||||
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|     // NOTE: This code path is taken in the non-syscall case, i.e when the kernel spawns
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|     //       a userspace process directly (such as /bin/SystemServer on startup)
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| 
 | ||||
|     if (prev_flags & 0x200) | ||||
|         sti(); | ||||
|     Processor::leave_critical(); | ||||
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