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diff --git a/src/libbasic/include/basic/raw-clone.h b/src/libbasic/include/basic/raw-clone.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d473828999 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/libbasic/include/basic/raw-clone.h @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +#pragma once + +/*** + This file is part of systemd. + + Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering + Copyright 2016 Michael Karcher + systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it + under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + + systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but + WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + Lesser General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License + along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. +***/ + +#include <sched.h> +#include <sys/syscall.h> + +#include "log.h" +#include "macro.h" + +/** + * raw_clone() - uses clone to create a new process with clone flags + * @flags: Flags to pass to the clone system call + * + * Uses the clone system call to create a new process with the cloning + * flags and termination signal passed in the flags parameter. Opposed + * to glibc's clone funtion, using this function does not set up a + * separate stack for the child, but relies on copy-on-write semantics + * on the one stack at a common virtual address, just as fork does. + * + * To obtain copy-on-write semantics, flags must not contain CLONE_VM, + * and thus CLONE_THREAD and CLONE_SIGHAND (which require CLONE_VM) are + * not usabale. + * Additionally, as this function does not pass the ptid, newtls and ctid + * parameters to the kernel, flags must not contain CLONE_PARENT_SETTID, + * CLONE_CHILD_SETTID, CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID or CLONE_SETTLS. + * + * Returns: 0 in the child process and the child process id in the parent. + */ +static inline int raw_clone(unsigned long flags) { + assert((flags & (CLONE_VM|CLONE_PARENT_SETTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID| + CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_SETTLS)) == 0); +#if defined(__s390__) || defined(__CRIS__) + /* On s390 and cris the order of the first and second arguments + * of the raw clone() system call is reversed. */ + return (int) syscall(__NR_clone, NULL, flags); +#elif defined(__sparc__) && defined(__arch64__) + { + /** + * sparc64 always returns the other process id in %o0, and + * a boolean flag whether this is the child or the parent in + * %o1. Inline assembly is needed to get the flag returned + * in %o1. + */ + int in_child; + int child_pid; + asm volatile("mov %2, %%g1\n\t" + "mov %3, %%o0\n\t" + "mov 0 , %%o1\n\t" + "t 0x6d\n\t" + "mov %%o1, %0\n\t" + "mov %%o0, %1" : + "=r"(in_child), "=r"(child_pid) : + "i"(__NR_clone), "r"(flags) : + "%o1", "%o0", "%g1" ); + if (in_child) + return 0; + else + return child_pid; + } +#else + return (int) syscall(__NR_clone, flags, NULL); +#endif +} |