-/*
- * Create a kernel thread
- */
-
-/*
- * This is the mechanism for creating a new kernel thread.
- *
- * NOTE! Only a kernel-only process(ie the swapper or direct descendants
- * who haven't done an "execve()") should use this: it will work within
- * a system call from a "real" process, but the process memory space will
- * not be free'd until both the parent and the child have exited.
- */
-static void kernel_thread_helper(void *nouse, int (*fn)(void *), void *arg)
-{
- fn(arg);
- do_exit(-1);
-}
-
-int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
-{
- struct pt_regs regs;
-
- memset(®s, 0, sizeof (regs));
- regs.r1 = (unsigned long)fn;
- regs.r2 = (unsigned long)arg;
-
- regs.bpc = (unsigned long)kernel_thread_helper;
-
- regs.psw = M32R_PSW_BIE;
-
- /* Ok, create the new process. */
- return do_fork(flags | CLONE_VM | CLONE_UNTRACED, 0, ®s, 0, NULL,
- NULL);
-}
-