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-rw-r--r--arch/mips/kernel/process.c36
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
index eb76434828e8..85bff5d513e5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
@@ -82,6 +82,30 @@ void flush_thread(void)
{
}
+int arch_dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src)
+{
+ /*
+ * Save any process state which is live in hardware registers to the
+ * parent context prior to duplication. This prevents the new child
+ * state becoming stale if the parent is preempted before copy_thread()
+ * gets a chance to save the parent's live hardware registers to the
+ * child context.
+ */
+ preempt_disable();
+
+ if (is_msa_enabled())
+ save_msa(current);
+ else if (is_fpu_owner())
+ _save_fp(current);
+
+ save_dsp(current);
+
+ preempt_enable();
+
+ *dst = *src;
+ return 0;
+}
+
int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
unsigned long arg, struct task_struct *p)
{
@@ -92,18 +116,6 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
childksp = (unsigned long)task_stack_page(p) + THREAD_SIZE - 32;
- preempt_disable();
-
- if (is_msa_enabled())
- save_msa(p);
- else if (is_fpu_owner())
- save_fp(p);
-
- if (cpu_has_dsp)
- save_dsp(p);
-
- preempt_enable();
-
/* set up new TSS. */
childregs = (struct pt_regs *) childksp - 1;
/* Put the stack after the struct pt_regs. */