Nucleus
Barry Multitasking support db9a0c1 (3 years, 3 months ago)
diff --git a/task/clone.c b/task/clone.c
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+/*
+ * This file contains the clone() function/system call. It creates a new task,
+ * and copies most of the attributes from the parent task into it.
+ */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <nucleus/task.h>
+
+/* Read the EIP */
+static uintptr_t
+read_eip(void)
+{
+ uintptr_t eip;
+ asm volatile("movl 4(%%ebp), %0" : "=r" (eip));
+ return eip;
+}
+
+/* Clone a task */
+pid_t
+clone(int flags)
+{
+ Task *parent = current, *child = new(&taskType), *tmp;
+
+ child->pageDir = clone_dir();
+
+ parent->next = child;
+ child->next = parent;
+
+ /* Split tasks here */
+ uintptr_t esp, ebp, eip;
+ eip = read_eip();
+ if (current == parent) {
+ asm volatile("mov %%esp, %0" : "=r" (esp));
+ asm volatile("mov %%ebp, %0" : "=r" (ebp));
+ child->esp = esp;
+ child->ebp = ebp;
+ child->eip = eip;
+ return child->tid;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}