/* Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of the GNU C Library. 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 . */ #include /* Clone the calling process, but without copying the whole address space. The calling process is suspended until the new process exits or is replaced by a call to `execve'. Return -1 for errors, 0 to the new process, and the process ID of the new process to the old process. */ #ifndef __NR_vfork /* No vfork so use fork instead */ # define __NR_vfork __NR_fork #endif .text .global __vfork .hidden __vfork .type __vfork,%function __vfork: /* Pop the return PC value into RDI. We need a register that is preserved by the syscall and that we're allowed to destroy. */ popq %rdi #ifdef SAVE_PID SAVE_PID #endif /* Stuff the syscall number in RAX and enter into the kernel. */ movl $__NR_vfork, %eax syscall /* Push back the return PC. */ pushq %rdi #ifdef RESTORE_PID RESTORE_PID #endif cmpl $-4095, %eax jae __syscall_error /* Branch forward if it failed. */ /* Normal return. */ ret .size __vfork,.-__vfork weak_alias(__vfork,vfork) libc_hidden_def(vfork)