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+/* Wrapper around clone system call.
+ Copyright (C) 1997 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
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 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
+ Library General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
+ write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+#define _ERRNO_H 1
+#include <errnos.h>
+
+/* This is the only really unusual system call in PPC linux, but not
+ because of any weirdness in the system call itself; because of
+ all the freaky stuff we have to do to make the call useful. */
+
+/* int clone(int (*fn)(void *arg), void *child_stack, int flags, void *arg); */
+
+ENTRY(clone)
+ /* Set up stack frame, save registers. */
+ stwu 1,-20(1)
+ stw 31,16(1)
+
+ /* Check for child_stack == NULL, fn == NULL. */
+ mr. 31,4
+ cmpwi 1,3,0
+ cror 2+0*4,2+0*4,2+1*4
+ beq- 0,badargs
+
+ /* Save 'fn' and its argument on the new stack. */
+ stw 3,0(4)
+ stw 6,4(4)
+
+ /* 'flags' argument is (only) parameter to clone syscall. */
+ mr 3,5
+
+ /* Do the call. */
+ DO_CALL(SYS_ify(clone))
+ bso- error
+ beq child
+
+ /* Parent. Restore registers & return. */
+ lwz 31,20(1)
+ addi 1,1,20
+ blr
+
+child:
+ /* Get address of procedure to call. */
+ lwz 0,0(31)
+ /* Set up argument register. */
+ lwz 3,4(31)
+ mtlr 0
+ /* Switch to new stack. */
+ mr 1,31
+ /* Call procedure. */
+ blrl
+ /* Call _exit with result from procedure. */
+ DO_CALL (SYS_ify (exit))
+
+badargs:
+ li 3,-EINVAL
+error:
+ b __syscall_error