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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/sched.h4
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S40
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e5807013c5..79a9ff5762 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 1999-01-19  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>
 
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S: Rewrite to use clone.
+
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/sched.h: Define CLONE_VFORK.
+
 	* timezone/zdump.c: Update from tzcode1999a.
 	* timezone/zic.c: Likewise.
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/sched.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/sched.h
index 113bf4df5b..7e3c40eb4e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/sched.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/sched.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* Definitions of constants and data structure for POSIX 1003.1b-1993
    scheduling interface.
-   Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 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
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 # define CLONE_SIGHAND 0x00000800 /* Set if signal handlers shared.  */
 # define CLONE_PID     0x00001000 /* Set if pid shared.  */
 # define CLONE_PTRACE  0x00002000 /* Set if tracing continues on the child.  */
+# define CLONE_VFORK   0x00004000 /* Set if the parent wants the child to
+				     wake it up on mm_release.  */
 #endif
 
 /* The official definition.  */
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S
index 118fccb613..1f6469a9a1 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-   Contributed by Andreas Schwab <schwab@gnu.org>.
+   Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1999.
 
    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
@@ -28,37 +28,21 @@
 
 ENTRY (__vfork)
 
-#ifdef __NR_vfork
+	/* We have to use the clone() system call.  The flags to use are
+		CLONE_VFORK | CLONE_VM
+	   and we send SIGCHLD on termination (i.e., flags = 0x4111).  */
 
-	/* Pop the return PC value into ECX.  */
-	popl	%ecx
-
-	/* Stuff the syscall number in EAX and enter into the kernel.  */
-	movl	$SYS_ify (vfork), %eax
-	int	$0x80
-	cmpl	$-4095, %eax
-	jae	.Lerror		/* Branch forward if it failed.  */
-
-	/* Jump to the return PC.  */
-	jmp	*%ecx
-
-.Lerror:
-	/* Push back the return PC.  */
-	pushl	%ecx
-
-	/* Check if vfork syscall is known at all.  */
-	cmpl	$-ENOSYS, %eax
-	jne	SYSCALL_ERROR_LABEL
-
-#endif
-
-	/* If we don't have vfork, fork is close enough.  */
-
-	movl	$SYS_ify (fork), %eax
+	popl	%edx		/* Pop return address.  */
+	pushl	%ebx
+	movl	%esp, %ecx
+	movl	$0x4111, %ebx
+	movl	$SYS_ify(clone), %eax
 	int	$0x80
+	popl	%ebx
+	pushl	%edx
 	cmpl	$-4095, %eax
 	jae	SYSCALL_ERROR_LABEL
-.Lpseudo_end:
+L(pseudo_end):
 	ret
 
 PSEUDO_END (__vfork)