From c16993d9009b4311f0e6088af38844eabc8b5e5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 08:58:54 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] uml: inline empty proc Cleanup: make an inline of this empty proc. Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/asm-um/processor-generic.h | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/asm-um/processor-generic.h') diff --git a/include/asm-um/processor-generic.h b/include/asm-um/processor-generic.h index 038ba6fc88b8..4d9404989b5a 100644 --- a/include/asm-um/processor-generic.h +++ b/include/asm-um/processor-generic.h @@ -89,7 +89,11 @@ extern struct task_struct *alloc_task_struct(void); extern void release_thread(struct task_struct *); extern int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void * arg, unsigned long flags); extern void dump_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, struct user *u); -extern void prepare_to_copy(struct task_struct *tsk); + +static inline void prepare_to_copy(struct task_struct *tsk) +{ +} + extern unsigned long thread_saved_pc(struct task_struct *t); -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b From acef2e55d2a1b59bb5610cacc546c1d1b5de2dc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 08:58:56 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] uml: commentary about forking flag Add some commentary about UML internals, for a strange trick. Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/asm-um/processor-generic.h | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/asm-um/processor-generic.h') diff --git a/include/asm-um/processor-generic.h b/include/asm-um/processor-generic.h index 4d9404989b5a..b953b1ad3b02 100644 --- a/include/asm-um/processor-generic.h +++ b/include/asm-um/processor-generic.h @@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ struct task_struct; struct mm_struct; struct thread_struct { + /* This flag is set to 1 before calling do_fork (and analyzed in + * copy_thread) to mark that we are begin called from userspace (fork / + * vfork / clone), and reset to 0 after. It is left to 0 when called + * from kernelspace (i.e. kernel_thread() or fork_idle(), as of 2.6.11). */ int forking; int nsyscalls; struct pt_regs regs; -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b