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1/* Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
3 Contributed by Andreas Schwab <schwab@gnu.org>.
4
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
7 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
8 License, or (at your option) any later version.
9
10 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Library General Public License for more details.
14
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
17 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
18 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
19
20#include <sysdep.h>
21#define _ERRNO_H 1
22#include <bits/errno.h>
23
24/* Clone the calling process, but without copying the whole address space.
25 The calling process is suspended until the new process exits or is
26 replaced by a call to `execve'. Return -1 for errors, 0 to the new process,
27 and the process ID of the new process to the old process. */
28
29ENTRY (__vfork)
30
31#ifdef __NR_vfork
32
33 /* Pop the return PC value into ECX. */
34 popl %ecx
35
36 /* Stuff the syscall number in EAX and enter into the kernel. */
37 movl $SYS_ify (vfork), %eax
38 int $0x80
39 cmpl $-4095, %eax
40 jae .Lerror /* Branch forward if it failed. */
41
42 /* Jump to the return PC. */
43 jmp *%ecx
44
45.Lerror:
46 /* Push back the return PC. */
47 pushl %ecx
48
49 /* Check if vfork syscall is known at all. */
50 cmpl $-ENOSYS, %eax
51 jne SYSCALL_ERROR_LABEL
52
53#endif
54
55 /* If we don't have vfork, fork is close enough. */
56
57 movl $SYS_ify (fork), %eax
58 int $0x80
59 cmpl $-4095, %eax
60 jae SYSCALL_ERROR_LABEL
61.Lpseudo_end:
62 ret
63
64PSEUDO_END (__vfork)
65
66weak_alias (__vfork, vfork)