Annotation of 43BSDTahoe/lib/libc/tahoe/sys/Ovfork.s, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: /*
        !             2:  * Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
        !             3:  * All rights reserved.
        !             4:  *
        !             5:  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
        !             6:  * provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
        !             7:  * duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
        !             8:  * advertising materials, and other materials related to such
        !             9:  * distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
        !            10:  * by the University of California, Berkeley.  The name of the
        !            11:  * University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
        !            12:  * from this software without specific prior written permission.
        !            13:  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
        !            14:  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
        !            15:  * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
        !            16:  */
        !            17: 
        !            18: #if defined(SYSLIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
        !            19:        .asciz "@(#)Ovfork.s    5.3 (Berkeley) 6/27/88"
        !            20: #endif /* SYSLIBC_SCCS and not lint */
        !            21: 
        !            22: /*
        !            23:  * C library -- vfork
        !            24:  * pid = vfork();
        !            25:  *
        !            26:  * r1 == 0 in parent process, r1 == 1 in child process.
        !            27:  * r0 == pid of child in parent, r0 == pid of parent in child.
        !            28:  *
        !            29:  * trickery here, due to keith sklower, uses ret to clear the stack,
        !            30:  * and then returns with a jump indirect, since only one person can return
        !            31:  * with a ret off this stack... we do the ret before we vfork!
        !            32:  * 
        !            33:  */
        !            34: 
        !            35:        .set    vfork,66
        !            36: .globl _vfork
        !            37: 
        !            38: _vfork:
        !            39:        .word   0x0000
        !            40:        movl    -8(fp),r2
        !            41:        movab   here,-8(fp)
        !            42:        ret
        !            43: here:
        !            44:        kcall   $vfork
        !            45:        bcc     vforkok
        !            46:        jmp     verror
        !            47: vforkok:
        !            48:        tstl    r1              # child process ?
        !            49:        bneq    child   # yes
        !            50:        jbr     parent
        !            51: .globl _errno
        !            52: verror:
        !            53:        movl    r0,_errno
        !            54:        mnegl   $1,r0
        !            55:        jmp     (r2)
        !            56: child:
        !            57:        clrl    r0
        !            58: parent:
        !            59:        jmp     (r2)

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