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+/* Low-level thread creation for NPTL.  Linux version.
+   Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2002.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <setjmp.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <atomic.h>
+#include <ldsodefs.h>
+#include <tls.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <arch-fork.h>
+
+
+#ifndef ARCH_CLONE
+# define ARCH_CLONE __clone
+#endif
+
+/* See the comments in pthread_create.c for the requirements for these
+   two macros and the create_thread function.  */
+
+#define START_THREAD_DEFN \
+  static int __attribute__ ((noreturn)) start_thread (void *arg)
+#define START_THREAD_SELF arg
+
+/* pthread_create.c defines this using START_THREAD_DEFN
+   We need a forward declaration here so we can take its address.  */
+static int start_thread (void *arg) __attribute__ ((noreturn));
+
+static int
+create_thread (struct pthread *pd, const struct pthread_attr *attr,
+	       bool stopped_start, STACK_VARIABLES_PARMS, bool *thread_ran)
+{
+  /* Determine whether the newly created threads has to be started
+     stopped since we have to set the scheduling parameters or set the
+     affinity.  */
+  if (attr != NULL
+      && (__glibc_unlikely (attr->cpuset != NULL)
+	  || __glibc_unlikely ((attr->flags & ATTR_FLAG_NOTINHERITSCHED) != 0)))
+    stopped_start = true;
+
+  pd->stopped_start = stopped_start;
+  if (__glibc_unlikely (stopped_start))
+    /* We make sure the thread does not run far by forcing it to get a
+       lock.  We lock it here too so that the new thread cannot continue
+       until we tell it to.  */
+    lll_lock (pd->lock, LLL_PRIVATE);
+
+  /* We rely heavily on various flags the CLONE function understands:
+
+     CLONE_VM, CLONE_FS, CLONE_FILES
+	These flags select semantics with shared address space and
+	file descriptors according to what POSIX requires.
+
+     CLONE_SIGHAND, CLONE_THREAD
+	This flag selects the POSIX signal semantics and various
+	other kinds of sharing (itimers, POSIX timers, etc.).
+
+     CLONE_SETTLS
+	The sixth parameter to CLONE determines the TLS area for the
+	new thread.
+
+     CLONE_PARENT_SETTID
+	The kernels writes the thread ID of the newly created thread
+	into the location pointed to by the fifth parameters to CLONE.
+
+	Note that it would be semantically equivalent to use
+	CLONE_CHILD_SETTID but it is be more expensive in the kernel.
+
+     CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID
+	The kernels clears the thread ID of a thread that has called
+	sys_exit() in the location pointed to by the seventh parameter
+	to CLONE.
+
+     The termination signal is chosen to be zero which means no signal
+     is sent.  */
+  const int clone_flags = (CLONE_VM | CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | CLONE_SYSVSEM
+			   | CLONE_SIGHAND | CLONE_THREAD
+			   | CLONE_SETTLS | CLONE_PARENT_SETTID
+			   | CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID
+			   | 0);
+
+  TLS_DEFINE_INIT_TP (tp, pd);
+
+  if (__glibc_unlikely (ARCH_CLONE (&start_thread, STACK_VARIABLES_ARGS,
+				    clone_flags, pd, &pd->tid, tp, &pd->tid)
+			== -1))
+    return errno;
+
+  /* It's started now, so if we fail below, we'll have to cancel it
+     and let it clean itself up.  */
+  *thread_ran = true;
+
+  /* Now we have the possibility to set scheduling parameters etc.  */
+  if (attr != NULL)
+    {
+      INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL (err);
+      int res;
+
+      /* Set the affinity mask if necessary.  */
+      if (attr->cpuset != NULL)
+	{
+	  assert (stopped_start);
+
+	  res = INTERNAL_SYSCALL (sched_setaffinity, err, 3, pd->tid,
+				  attr->cpusetsize, attr->cpuset);
+
+	  if (__glibc_unlikely (INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P (res, err)))
+	  err_out:
+	    {
+	      /* The operation failed.  We have to kill the thread.
+		 We let the normal cancellation mechanism do the work.  */
+
+	      INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL (err2);
+	      (void) INTERNAL_SYSCALL (tgkill, err2, 3,
+				       THREAD_GETMEM (THREAD_SELF, pid),
+				       pd->tid, SIGCANCEL);
+
+	      return INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO (res, err);
+	    }
+	}
+
+      /* Set the scheduling parameters.  */
+      if ((attr->flags & ATTR_FLAG_NOTINHERITSCHED) != 0)
+	{
+	  assert (stopped_start);
+
+	  res = INTERNAL_SYSCALL (sched_setscheduler, err, 3, pd->tid,
+				  pd->schedpolicy, &pd->schedparam);
+
+	  if (__glibc_unlikely (INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P (res, err)))
+	    goto err_out;
+	}
+    }
+
+  return 0;
+}