preparation for generic kernel_thread()
Let architectures select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD and have their copy_thread()
treat NULL regs as "it came from kernel_thread(), sp argument contains
the function new thread will be calling and stack_size - the argument for
that function". Switching the architectures begins shortly...
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 2c8857e..a42c62a 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1609,7 +1609,7 @@
* requested, no event is reported; otherwise, report if the event
* for the type of forking is enabled.
*/
- if (likely(user_mode(regs)) && !(clone_flags & CLONE_UNTRACED)) {
+ if (!(clone_flags & CLONE_UNTRACED) && likely(user_mode(regs))) {
if (clone_flags & CLONE_VFORK)
trace = PTRACE_EVENT_VFORK;
else if ((clone_flags & CSIGNAL) != SIGCHLD)
@@ -1659,6 +1659,17 @@
return nr;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
+/*
+ * Create a kernel thread.
+ */
+pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
+{
+ return do_fork(flags|CLONE_VM|CLONE_UNTRACED, (unsigned long)fn, NULL,
+ (unsigned long)arg, NULL, NULL);
+}
+#endif
+
#ifndef ARCH_MIN_MMSTRUCT_ALIGN
#define ARCH_MIN_MMSTRUCT_ALIGN 0
#endif