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List:       linux-alpha
Subject:    Re: Bug: retry of clone() on Alpha can result in zeroed process thread pointer
From:       Richard Henderson <rth () twiddle ! net>
Date:       2014-07-30 19:30:44
Message-ID: 53D947E4.7020305 () twiddle ! net
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Ok, I think I've actually found it this time.  It's here:

> 281		childregs->r20 = 1;	/* OSF/1 has some strange fork() semantics.  */
> 282		regs->r20 = 0;

We need to delay this r20 silliness until after restarts or something.  Or just
kill it -- it's not like glibc uses this return value.


r~
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