*
* entry_32.S contains the system-call and low-level fault and trap handling routines.
*
- * Stack layout in 'syscall_exit':
+ * Stack layout while running C code:
* ptrace needs to have all registers on the stack.
* If the order here is changed, it needs to be
* updated in fork.c:copy_process(), signal.c:do_signal(),
popl %eax
pushl $0x0202 # Reset kernel eflags
popfl
- jmp syscall_exit
+
+ /* When we fork, we trace the syscall return in the child, too. */
+ movl %esp, %eax
+ call syscall_return_slowpath
+ jmp restore_all
END(ret_from_fork)
ENTRY(ret_from_kernel_thread)
movl PT_EBP(%esp), %eax
call *PT_EBX(%esp)
movl $0, PT_EAX(%esp)
- jmp syscall_exit
+
+ /*
+ * Kernel threads return to userspace as if returning from a syscall.
+ * We should check whether anything actually uses this path and, if so,
+ * consider switching it over to ret_from_fork.
+ */
+ movl %esp, %eax
+ call syscall_return_slowpath
+ jmp restore_all
ENDPROC(ret_from_kernel_thread)
/*