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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/system.c5
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h8
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/system.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/system.c
index 1107fd6668..aa33471fa4 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/system.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/system.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <bits/libc-lock.h>
+#include <kernel-features.h>
 
 /* We have to and actually can handle cancelable system().  The big
    problem: we have to kill the child process if necessary.  To do
@@ -31,8 +32,10 @@
    return.  It might still be in the kernel when the cancellation
    request comes.  Therefore we have to use the clone() calls ability
    to have the kernel write the PID into the user-level variable.  */
-#define FORK() \
+#ifdef __ASSUME_CLONE_THREAD_FLAGS
+# define FORK() \
   INLINE_SYSCALL (clone, 3, CLONE_PARENT_SETTID | SIGCHLD, 0, &pid)
+#endif
 
 static void cancel_handler (void *arg);
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
index 0796a8a1fd..c84305c583 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
@@ -232,3 +232,11 @@
 # define __ASSUME_FCNTL64		1
 # define __ASSUME_GETDENTS64_SYSCALL	1
 #endif
+
+/* The late 2.5 kernels saw a lot of new CLONE_* flags.  Summarize
+   their availability with one define.  The changes were made first
+   for i386 and the have to be done separately for the other archs.
+   For i386 we pick 2.5.50 as the first version with support.  */
+#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132432
+# define __ASSUME_CLONE_THREAD_FLAGS	1
+#endif