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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-16 15:02:37 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-16 15:02:37 -0500
commit61ecdb84c1f05ad445db4584ae375a15c0e8ae47 (patch)
tree2ecdc462785be5b96c6dcc14c517a8abb5ed16e8 /arch/x86/kernel/process.c
parentda184a8064efe2a78d8542877970f7c6bb62775a (diff)
parent23637568ad0c9b5ab0ad27d2f2f26d1e9282c527 (diff)
Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86: Fix kprobes build with non-gawk awk x86: Split swiotlb initialization into two stages x86: Regex support and known-movable symbols for relocs, fix _end x86, msr: Remove incorrect, duplicated code in the MSR driver x86: Merge kernel_thread() x86: Sync 32/64-bit kernel_thread x86, 32-bit: Use same regs as 64-bit for kernel_thread_helper x86, 64-bit: Use user_mode() to determine new stack pointer in copy_thread() x86, 64-bit: Move kernel_thread to C x86-64, paravirt: Call set_iopl_mask() on 64 bits x86-32: Avoid pipeline serialization in PTREGSCALL1 and 2 x86: Merge sys_clone x86, 32-bit: Convert sys_vm86 & sys_vm86old x86: Merge sys_sigaltstack x86: Merge sys_execve x86: Merge sys_iopl x86-32: Add new pt_regs stubs cpumask: Use modern cpumask style in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-inject.c
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/process.c')
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1 files changed, 70 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 7a7bd4e3ec49..98c2cdeb599e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -255,6 +255,76 @@ int sys_vfork(struct pt_regs *regs)
255 NULL, NULL); 255 NULL, NULL);
256} 256}
257 257
258long
259sys_clone(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long newsp,
260 void __user *parent_tid, void __user *child_tid, struct pt_regs *regs)
261{
262 if (!newsp)
263 newsp = regs->sp;
264 return do_fork(clone_flags, newsp, regs, 0, parent_tid, child_tid);
265}
266
267/*
268 * This gets run with %si containing the
269 * function to call, and %di containing
270 * the "args".
271 */
272extern void kernel_thread_helper(void);
273
274/*
275 * Create a kernel thread
276 */
277int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
278{
279 struct pt_regs regs;
280
281 memset(&regs, 0, sizeof(regs));
282
283 regs.si = (unsigned long) fn;
284 regs.di = (unsigned long) arg;
285
286#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
287 regs.ds = __USER_DS;
288 regs.es = __USER_DS;
289 regs.fs = __KERNEL_PERCPU;
290 regs.gs = __KERNEL_STACK_CANARY;
291#endif
292
293 regs.orig_ax = -1;
294 regs.ip = (unsigned long) kernel_thread_helper;
295 regs.cs = __KERNEL_CS | get_kernel_rpl();
296 regs.flags = X86_EFLAGS_IF | 0x2;
297
298 /* Ok, create the new process.. */
299 return do_fork(flags | CLONE_VM | CLONE_UNTRACED, 0, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
300}
301EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread);
302
303/*
304 * sys_execve() executes a new program.
305 */
306long sys_execve(char __user *name, char __user * __user *argv,
307 char __user * __user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs)
308{
309 long error;
310 char *filename;
311
312 filename = getname(name);
313 error = PTR_ERR(filename);
314 if (IS_ERR(filename))
315 return error;
316 error = do_execve(filename, argv, envp, regs);
317
318#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
319 if (error == 0) {
320 /* Make sure we don't return using sysenter.. */
321 set_thread_flag(TIF_IRET);
322 }
323#endif
324
325 putname(filename);
326 return error;
327}
258 328
259/* 329/*
260 * Idle related variables and functions 330 * Idle related variables and functions