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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h5
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5283a65..95c8038 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@
2002-10-15 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
+ * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h (__ASSUME_VFORK_SYSCALL):
+ Define for 2.4+ kernels.
+
+ * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S: Optimize for kernels which
+ are known to have the vfork syscall. Don't confuse the CPUs
+ branch prediction unit by jumping to the return address.
+
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/fpathconf.c (__fpathconf): Add
support for reiserfs and xfs.
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
index a8145e1..0796a8a 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
@@ -214,6 +214,11 @@
# define __ASSUME_SET_THREAD_AREA_SYSCALL 1
#endif
+/* The vfork syscall on x86 was definitely available in 2.4. */
+#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132097 && defined __i386__
+# define __ASSUME_VFORK_SYSCALL 1
+#endif
+
/* There are an infinite number of PA-RISC kernel versions numbered
2.4.0. But they've not really been released as such. We require
and expect the final version here. */