glibc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/clone.S

/* Wrapper around clone system call.
   Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */

#include <sysdep.h>
#define _ERRNO_H	1
#include <bits/errno.h>
#include <bp-sym.h>
#include <bp-asm.h>

/* This is the only really unusual system call in PPC linux, but not
   because of any weirdness in the system call itself; because of
   all the freaky stuff we have to do to make the call useful.  */

/* int [r3] clone(int (*fn)(void *arg) [r3], void *child_stack [r4],
   		  int flags [r5], void *arg [r6]); */

ENTRY (BP_SYM (__clone))
	/* GKM FIXME: add bounds checks, where sensible.  */
	DISCARD_BOUNDS (r4)
	DISCARD_BOUNDS (r6)

	/* Check for child_stack == NULL || fn == NULL.  */
	cmpwi	cr0,r4,0
	cmpwi	cr1,r3,0
	cror	cr0*4+eq,cr1*4+eq,cr0*4+eq
	beq-	cr0,L(badargs)

	/* Set up stack frame for parent.  */
	stwu	r1,-32(r1)
	stmw	r29,16(r1)
	
	/* Set up stack frame for child.  */
	clrrwi	r4,r4,4
	li	r0,0
	stwu	r0,-16(r4)

	/* Save fn, args, stack across syscall.  */
	mr	r29,r3			/* Function in r29.  */
	mr	r30,r4			/* Stack pointer in r30.  */
	mr	r31,r6			/* Argument in r31.  */

	/* 'flags' argument is first parameter to clone syscall. (The other
	   argument is the stack pointer, already in r4.)  */
	mr	r3,r5

	/* Do the call.  */
	DO_CALL(SYS_ify(clone))

	/* Check for child process.  */
	cmpwi	cr1,r3,0
	crandc	cr1*4+eq,cr1*4+eq,cr0*4+so
	bne-	cr1,L(parent)		/* The '-' is to minimise the race.  */

	/* On at least mklinux DR3a5, clone() doesn't actually change
	   the stack pointer.  I'm pretty sure this is a bug, because
	   it adds a race condition if a signal is sent to a thread
	   just after it is created (in the previous three instructions).  */
	mr	r1,r30
	/* Call procedure.  */
	mtctr	r29
	mr	r3,r31
	bctrl
	/* Call _exit with result from procedure.  */
	b	JUMPTARGET(_exit)

L(parent):
	/* Parent.  Restore registers & return.  */
	lmw	r29,16(r1)
	addi	r1,r1,32
	bnslr+
	b	JUMPTARGET(__syscall_error)

L(badargs):
	li	r3,EINVAL
	b	JUMPTARGET(__syscall_error)
END (BP_SYM (__clone))

weak_alias (BP_SYM (__clone), BP_SYM (clone))