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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-16 12:02:37 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-16 12:02:37 -0800
commit61ecdb84c1f05ad445db4584ae375a15c0e8ae47 (patch)
tree2ecdc462785be5b96c6dcc14c517a8abb5ed16e8 /arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
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/entry_64.S')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S49
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 46 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index 673f693fb451..0697ff139837 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -1166,63 +1166,20 @@ bad_gs:
jmp 2b
.previous
-/*
- * Create a kernel thread.
- *
- * C extern interface:
- * extern long kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void * arg, unsigned long flags)
- *
- * asm input arguments:
- * rdi: fn, rsi: arg, rdx: flags
- */
-ENTRY(kernel_thread)
- CFI_STARTPROC
- FAKE_STACK_FRAME $child_rip
- SAVE_ALL
-
- # rdi: flags, rsi: usp, rdx: will be &pt_regs
- movq %rdx,%rdi
- orq kernel_thread_flags(%rip),%rdi
- movq $-1, %rsi
- movq %rsp, %rdx
-
- xorl %r8d,%r8d
- xorl %r9d,%r9d
-
- # clone now
- call do_fork
- movq %rax,RAX(%rsp)
- xorl %edi,%edi
-
- /*
- * It isn't worth to check for reschedule here,
- * so internally to the x86_64 port you can rely on kernel_thread()
- * not to reschedule the child before returning, this avoids the need
- * of hacks for example to fork off the per-CPU idle tasks.
- * [Hopefully no generic code relies on the reschedule -AK]
- */
- RESTORE_ALL
- UNFAKE_STACK_FRAME
- ret
- CFI_ENDPROC
-END(kernel_thread)
-
-ENTRY(child_rip)
+ENTRY(kernel_thread_helper)
pushq $0 # fake return address
CFI_STARTPROC
/*
* Here we are in the child and the registers are set as they were
* at kernel_thread() invocation in the parent.
*/
- movq %rdi, %rax
- movq %rsi, %rdi
- call *%rax
+ call *%rsi
# exit
mov %eax, %edi
call do_exit
ud2 # padding for call trace
CFI_ENDPROC
-END(child_rip)
+END(kernel_thread_helper)
/*
* execve(). This function needs to use IRET, not SYSRET, to set up all state properly.