int copy_thread()

in kernel/process.c [236:281]

• 37 lines of code
• 3 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
		unsigned long kthread_arg, struct task_struct *p,
		unsigned long tls)
{
	extern void ret_from_fork(void);
	extern void ret_from_kernel_thread(void);

	struct thread_info *childti = task_thread_info(p);
	struct pt_regs *childregs = task_pt_regs(p);
	struct pt_regs *regs = current_pt_regs();
	struct switch_stack *childstack, *stack;

	childstack = ((struct switch_stack *) childregs) - 1;
	childti->pcb.ksp = (unsigned long) childstack;
	childti->pcb.flags = 1;	/* set FEN, clear everything else */

	if (unlikely(p->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_IO_WORKER))) {
		/* kernel thread */
		memset(childstack, 0,
			sizeof(struct switch_stack) + sizeof(struct pt_regs));
		childstack->r26 = (unsigned long) ret_from_kernel_thread;
		childstack->r9 = usp;	/* function */
		childstack->r10 = kthread_arg;
		childregs->hae = alpha_mv.hae_cache;
		childti->pcb.usp = 0;
		return 0;
	}
	/* Note: if CLONE_SETTLS is not set, then we must inherit the
	   value from the parent, which will have been set by the block
	   copy in dup_task_struct.  This is non-intuitive, but is
	   required for proper operation in the case of a threaded
	   application calling fork.  */
	if (clone_flags & CLONE_SETTLS)
		childti->pcb.unique = tls;
	else
		regs->r20 = 0;	/* OSF/1 has some strange fork() semantics.  */
	childti->pcb.usp = usp ?: rdusp();
	*childregs = *regs;
	childregs->r0 = 0;
	childregs->r19 = 0;
	childregs->r20 = 1;	/* OSF/1 has some strange fork() semantics.  */
	stack = ((struct switch_stack *) regs) - 1;
	*childstack = *stack;
	childstack->r26 = (unsigned long) ret_from_fork;
	return 0;
}