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+/* Copyright (C) 2002-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+ Contributed by Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>, 2002.
+
+ The GNU C Library 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.
+
+ The GNU C Library 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 the GNU C Library; if not, see
+ <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+/* This is the helper code which gets called if a function which is
+ registered with 'makecontext' returns. In this case we have to
+ install the context listed in the uc_link element of the context
+ 'makecontext' manipulated at the time of the 'makecontext' call.
+ If the pointer is NULL the process must terminate. */
+
+
+ENTRY(__start_context)
+ /* This removes the parameters passed to the function given to
+ 'makecontext' from the stack. RBX contains the address
+ on the stack pointer for the next context. */
+ movq %rbx, %rsp
+
+ popq %rdi /* This is the next context. */
+ cfi_adjust_cfa_offset(-8)
+ testq %rdi, %rdi
+ je 2f /* If it is zero exit. */
+
+ call JUMPTARGET(__setcontext)
+ /* If this returns (which can happen if the syscall fails) we'll
+ exit the program with the return error value (-1). */
+ movq %rax,%rdi
+
+2:
+ call HIDDEN_JUMPTARGET(exit)
+ /* The 'exit' call should never return. In case it does cause
+ the process to terminate. */
+ hlt
+END(__start_context)