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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2012-10-14 01:41:42 -0400
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2012-10-22 22:31:01 -0400
commit7147e215480323bb2617fcebf585c447188ff760 (patch)
treefb5d92e4f9e2f4d5d5c8e4449c4ef43e05275826 /arch/sh/kernel/process_64.c
parentddffeb8c4d0331609ef2581d84de4d763607bd37 (diff)
downloadlinux-7147e215480323bb2617fcebf585c447188ff760.tar.bz2
sh: switch to generic kernel_thread()/kernel_execve()
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/sh/kernel/process_64.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/sh/kernel/process_64.c60
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/sh/kernel/process_64.c
index 98a709f0c3c4..fd338b030fd9 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -285,39 +285,6 @@ void show_regs(struct pt_regs *regs)
}
/*
- * Create a kernel thread
- */
-__noreturn void kernel_thread_helper(void *arg, int (*fn)(void *))
-{
- do_exit(fn(arg));
-}
-
-/*
- * This is the mechanism for creating a new kernel thread.
- *
- * NOTE! Only a kernel-only process(ie the swapper or direct descendants
- * who haven't done an "execve()") should use this: it will work within
- * a system call from a "real" process, but the process memory space will
- * not be freed until both the parent and the child have exited.
- */
-int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void * arg, unsigned long flags)
-{
- struct pt_regs regs;
-
- memset(&regs, 0, sizeof(regs));
- regs.regs[2] = (unsigned long)arg;
- regs.regs[3] = (unsigned long)fn;
-
- regs.pc = (unsigned long)kernel_thread_helper;
- regs.sr = (1 << 30);
-
- /* Ok, create the new process.. */
- return do_fork(flags | CLONE_VM | CLONE_UNTRACED, 0,
- &regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread);
-
-/*
* Free current thread data structures etc..
*/
void exit_thread(void)
@@ -401,15 +368,17 @@ int dump_fpu(struct pt_regs *regs, elf_fpregset_t *fpu)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_fpu);
asmlinkage void ret_from_fork(void);
+asmlinkage void ret_from_kernel_thread(void);
int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
- unsigned long unused,
+ unsigned long arg,
struct task_struct *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
struct pt_regs *childregs;
#ifdef CONFIG_SH_FPU
- if(last_task_used_math == current) {
+ /* can't happen for a kernel thread */
+ if (last_task_used_math == current) {
enable_fpu();
save_fpu(current);
disable_fpu();
@@ -419,7 +388,17 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
#endif
/* Copy from sh version */
childregs = (struct pt_regs *)(THREAD_SIZE + task_stack_page(p)) - 1;
+ p->thread.sp = (unsigned long) childregs;
+ if (unlikely(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) {
+ memset(childregs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
+ childregs->regs[2] = (unsigned long)arg;
+ childregs->regs[3] = (unsigned long)fn;
+ childregs->sr = (1 << 30); /* not user_mode */
+ childregs->sr |= SR_FD; /* Invalidate FPU flag */
+ p->thread.pc = (unsigned long) ret_from_kernel_thread;
+ return 0;
+ }
*childregs = *regs;
/*
@@ -428,19 +407,12 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
* 32-bit wide and context switch must take care
* of NEFF sign extension.
*/
- if (user_mode(regs)) {
- childregs->regs[15] = neff_sign_extend(usp);
- p->thread.uregs = childregs;
- } else {
- childregs->regs[15] =
- neff_sign_extend((unsigned long)task_stack_page(p) +
- THREAD_SIZE);
- }
+ childregs->regs[15] = neff_sign_extend(usp);
+ p->thread.uregs = childregs;
childregs->regs[9] = 0; /* Set return value for child */
childregs->sr |= SR_FD; /* Invalidate FPU flag */
- p->thread.sp = (unsigned long) childregs;
p->thread.pc = (unsigned long) ret_from_fork;
return 0;