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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1999-01-19 15:34:49 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1999-01-19 15:34:49 +0000
commitd53afacb5553ca5c62a11c8185391afe0e745d9a (patch)
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Update.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S: Rewrite to use clone. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/sched.h: Define CLONE_VFORK.
Diffstat (limited to 'sysdeps')
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/sched.h4
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S40
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/sched.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/sched.h
index 113bf4d..7e3c40e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/sched.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/sched.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* Definitions of constants and data structure for POSIX 1003.1b-1993
scheduling interface.
- Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
# define CLONE_SIGHAND 0x00000800 /* Set if signal handlers shared. */
# define CLONE_PID 0x00001000 /* Set if pid shared. */
# define CLONE_PTRACE 0x00002000 /* Set if tracing continues on the child. */
+# define CLONE_VFORK 0x00004000 /* Set if the parent wants the child to
+ wake it up on mm_release. */
#endif
/* The official definition. */
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S
index 118fccb..1f6469a 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
- Contributed by Andreas Schwab <schwab@gnu.org>.
+ Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1999.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
@@ -28,37 +28,21 @@
ENTRY (__vfork)
-#ifdef __NR_vfork
+ /* We have to use the clone() system call. The flags to use are
+ CLONE_VFORK | CLONE_VM
+ and we send SIGCHLD on termination (i.e., flags = 0x4111). */
- /* Pop the return PC value into ECX. */
- popl %ecx
-
- /* Stuff the syscall number in EAX and enter into the kernel. */
- movl $SYS_ify (vfork), %eax
- int $0x80
- cmpl $-4095, %eax
- jae .Lerror /* Branch forward if it failed. */
-
- /* Jump to the return PC. */
- jmp *%ecx
-
-.Lerror:
- /* Push back the return PC. */
- pushl %ecx
-
- /* Check if vfork syscall is known at all. */
- cmpl $-ENOSYS, %eax
- jne SYSCALL_ERROR_LABEL
-
-#endif
-
- /* If we don't have vfork, fork is close enough. */
-
- movl $SYS_ify (fork), %eax
+ popl %edx /* Pop return address. */
+ pushl %ebx
+ movl %esp, %ecx
+ movl $0x4111, %ebx
+ movl $SYS_ify(clone), %eax
int $0x80
+ popl %ebx
+ pushl %edx
cmpl $-4095, %eax
jae SYSCALL_ERROR_LABEL
-.Lpseudo_end:
+L(pseudo_end):
ret
PSEUDO_END (__vfork)