1 /* Copyright (C) 1999-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
3 Contributed by Andreas Schwab <schwab@gnu.org>.
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
17 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
21 #include <bits/errno.h>
22 #include <tcb-offsets.h>
25 /* Clone the calling process, but without copying the whole address space.
26 The calling process is suspended until the new process exits or is
27 replaced by a call to `execve'. Return -1 for errors, 0 to the new process,
28 and the process ID of the new process to the old process. */
32 /* Pop the return PC value into ECX. */
34 cfi_adjust_cfa_offset (-4)
35 cfi_register (%eip, %ecx)
37 /* Stuff the syscall number in EAX and enter into the kernel. */
38 movl $SYS_ify (vfork), %eax
41 /* Jump to the return PC. Don't jump directly since this
42 disturbs the branch target cache. Instead push the return
43 address back on the stack. */
45 cfi_adjust_cfa_offset (4)
48 /* Branch forward if it failed. */
49 jae SYSCALL_ERROR_LABEL
54 libc_hidden_def (__vfork)
56 weak_alias (__vfork, vfork)
57 strong_alias (__vfork, __libc_vfork)