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authorBrian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>2009-12-09 12:34:44 -0500
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2009-12-10 19:41:31 -0500
commitdf59e7bf439918f523ac29e996ec1eebbed60440 (patch)
treea847eb0b7f0e3fe34a717999db0d441e7f7e7bd6 /arch/x86
parentf443ff4201dd25cd4dec183f9919ecba90c8edc2 (diff)
x86: Merge kernel_thread()
Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <1260380084-3707-6-git-send-email-brgerst@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process.c35
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c36
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c36
3 files changed, 35 insertions, 72 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index f3c1a6b3a65e..8705ccedd447 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -243,6 +243,41 @@ sys_clone(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long newsp,
243 return do_fork(clone_flags, newsp, regs, 0, parent_tid, child_tid); 243 return do_fork(clone_flags, newsp, regs, 0, parent_tid, child_tid);
244} 244}
245 245
246/*
247 * This gets run with %si containing the
248 * function to call, and %di containing
249 * the "args".
250 */
251extern void kernel_thread_helper(void);
252
253/*
254 * Create a kernel thread
255 */
256int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
257{
258 struct pt_regs regs;
259
260 memset(&regs, 0, sizeof(regs));
261
262 regs.si = (unsigned long) fn;
263 regs.di = (unsigned long) arg;
264
265#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
266 regs.ds = __USER_DS;
267 regs.es = __USER_DS;
268 regs.fs = __KERNEL_PERCPU;
269 regs.gs = __KERNEL_STACK_CANARY;
270#endif
271
272 regs.orig_ax = -1;
273 regs.ip = (unsigned long) kernel_thread_helper;
274 regs.cs = __KERNEL_CS | get_kernel_rpl();
275 regs.flags = X86_EFLAGS_IF | 0x2;
276
277 /* Ok, create the new process.. */
278 return do_fork(flags | CLONE_VM | CLONE_UNTRACED, 0, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
279}
280EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread);
246 281
247/* 282/*
248 * sys_execve() executes a new program. 283 * sys_execve() executes a new program.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
index f2e8b05a4f02..ccf234266a2e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -192,42 +192,6 @@ void show_regs(struct pt_regs *regs)
192 show_trace(NULL, regs, &regs->sp, regs->bp); 192 show_trace(NULL, regs, &regs->sp, regs->bp);
193} 193}
194 194
195/*
196 * This gets run with %si containing the
197 * function to call, and %di containing
198 * the "args".
199 */
200extern void kernel_thread_helper(void);
201
202/*
203 * Create a kernel thread
204 */
205int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
206{
207 struct pt_regs regs;
208
209 memset(&regs, 0, sizeof(regs));
210
211 regs.si = (unsigned long) fn;
212 regs.di = (unsigned long) arg;
213
214#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
215 regs.ds = __USER_DS;
216 regs.es = __USER_DS;
217 regs.fs = __KERNEL_PERCPU;
218 regs.gs = __KERNEL_STACK_CANARY;
219#endif
220
221 regs.orig_ax = -1;
222 regs.ip = (unsigned long) kernel_thread_helper;
223 regs.cs = __KERNEL_CS | get_kernel_rpl();
224 regs.flags = X86_EFLAGS_IF | 0x2;
225
226 /* Ok, create the new process.. */
227 return do_fork(flags | CLONE_VM | CLONE_UNTRACED, 0, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
228}
229EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread);
230
231void release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task) 195void release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task)
232{ 196{
233 BUG_ON(dead_task->mm); 197 BUG_ON(dead_task->mm);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index d49a9094f6f3..1a362c5bec37 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -229,42 +229,6 @@ void show_regs(struct pt_regs *regs)
229 show_trace(NULL, regs, (void *)(regs + 1), regs->bp); 229 show_trace(NULL, regs, (void *)(regs + 1), regs->bp);
230} 230}
231 231
232/*
233 * This gets run with %si containing the
234 * function to call, and %di containing
235 * the "args".
236 */
237extern void kernel_thread_helper(void);
238
239/*
240 * Create a kernel thread
241 */
242int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
243{
244 struct pt_regs regs;
245
246 memset(&regs, 0, sizeof(regs));
247
248 regs.si = (unsigned long) fn;
249 regs.di = (unsigned long) arg;
250
251#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
252 regs.ds = __USER_DS;
253 regs.es = __USER_DS;
254 regs.fs = __KERNEL_PERCPU;
255 regs.gs = __KERNEL_STACK_CANARY;
256#endif
257
258 regs.orig_ax = -1;
259 regs.ip = (unsigned long) kernel_thread_helper;
260 regs.cs = __KERNEL_CS | get_kernel_rpl();
261 regs.flags = X86_EFLAGS_IF | 0x2;
262
263 /* Ok, create the new process.. */
264 return do_fork(flags | CLONE_VM | CLONE_UNTRACED, 0, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
265}
266EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread);
267
268void release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task) 232void release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task)
269{ 233{
270 if (dead_task->mm) { 234 if (dead_task->mm) {