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/*
 *  linux/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 1995  Linus Torvalds
 *
 *  Pentium III FXSR, SSE support
 *	Gareth Hughes <gareth@valinux.com>, May 2000
 */

/*
 * This file handles the architecture-dependent parts of process handling..
 */

#include <stdarg.h>

#include <linux/cpu.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/elfcore.h>
#include <linux/smp.h>
#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <linux/stddef.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
#include <linux/user.h>
#include <linux/a.out.h>
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <linux/utsname.h>
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/reboot.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/mc146818rtc.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
#include <linux/ptrace.h>
#include <linux/random.h>
#include <linux/personality.h>
#include <linux/tick.h>

#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
#include <asm/system.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
#include <asm/ldt.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/i387.h>
#include <asm/desc.h>
#include <asm/vm86.h>
#include <asm/idle.h>
#ifdef CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION
#include <asm/math_emu.h>
#endif

#include <linux/err.h>

#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
#include <asm/cpu.h>
#include <asm/pda.h>

asmlinkage void ret_from_fork(void) __asm__("ret_from_fork");

static int hlt_counter;

unsigned long boot_option_idle_override = 0;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(boot_option_idle_override);

/*
 * Return saved PC of a blocked thread.
 */
unsigned long thread_saved_pc(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
	return ((unsigned long *)tsk->thread.esp)[3];
}

/*
 * Powermanagement idle function, if any..
 */
void (*pm_idle)(void);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_idle);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, cpu_idle_state);

static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(idle_notifier);

void idle_notifier_register(struct notifier_block *n)
{
	atomic_notifier_chain_register(&idle_notifier, n);
}

void idle_notifier_unregister(struct notifier_block *n)
{
	atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&idle_notifier, n);
}

static DEFINE_PER_CPU(volatile unsigned long, idle_state);

void enter_idle(void)
{
	/* needs to be atomic w.r.t. interrupts, not against other CPUs */
	__set_bit(0, &__get_cpu_var(idle_state));
	atomic_notifier_call_chain(&idle_notifier, IDLE_START, NULL);
}

static void __exit_idle(void)
{
	/* needs to be atomic w.r.t. interrupts, not against other CPUs */
	if (__test_and_clear_bit(0, &__get_cpu_var(idle_state)) == 0)
		return;
	atomic_notifier_call_chain(&idle_notifier, IDLE_END, NULL);
}

void exit_idle(void)
{
	if (current->pid)
		return;
	__exit_idle();
}

void disable_hlt(void)
{
	hlt_counter++;
}

EXPORT_SYMBOL(disable_hlt);

void enable_hlt(void)
{
	hlt_counter--;
}

EXPORT_SYMBOL(enable_hlt);

/*
 * We use this if we don't have any better
 * idle routine..
 */
void default_idle(void)
{
	if (!hlt_counter && boot_cpu_data.hlt_works_ok) {
		current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_POLLING;
		/*
		 * TS_POLLING-cleared state must be visible before we
		 * test NEED_RESCHED:
		 */
		smp_mb();

		local_irq_disable();
		if (!need_resched())
			safe_halt();	/* enables interrupts racelessly */
		else
			local_irq_enable();
		current_thread_info()->status |= TS_POLLING;
	} else {
		/* loop is done by the caller */
		cpu_relax();
	}
}
#ifdef CONFIG_APM_MODULE
EXPORT_SYMBOL(default_idle);
#endif

/*
 * On SMP it's slightly faster (but much more power-consuming!)
 * to poll the ->work.need_resched flag instead of waiting for the
 * cross-CPU IPI to arrive. Use this option with caution.
 */
static void poll_idle (void)
{
	local_irq_enable();
	cpu_relax();
}

#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
#include <asm/nmi.h>
/* We don't actually take CPU down, just spin without interrupts. */
static inline void play_dead(void)
{
	/* This must be done before dead CPU ack */
	cpu_exit_clear();
	wbinvd();
	mb();
	/* Ack it */
	__get_cpu_var(cpu_state) = CPU_DEAD;

	/*
	 * With physical CPU hotplug, we should halt the cpu
	 */
	local_irq_disable();
	while (1)
		halt();
}
#else
static inline void play_dead(void)
{
	BUG();
}
#endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */

/*
 * The idle thread. There's no useful work to be
 * done, so just try to conserve power and have a
 * low exit latency (ie sit in a loop waiting for
 * somebody to say that they'd like to reschedule)
 */
void cpu_idle(void)
{
	int cpu = smp_processor_id();

	current_thread_info()->status |= TS_POLLING;

	/* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
	while (1) {
		tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick();
		while (!need_resched()) {
			void (*idle)(void);

			if (__get_cpu_var(cpu_idle_state))
				__get_cpu_var(cpu_idle_state) = 0;

			rmb();
			idle = pm_idle;

			if (!idle)
				idle = default_idle;

			if (cpu_is_offline(cpu))
				play_dead();

			__get_cpu_var(irq_stat).idle_timestamp = jiffies;

			/*
			 * Idle routines should keep interrupts disabled
			 * from here on, until they go to idle.
			 * Otherwise, idle callbacks can misfire.
			 */
			local_irq_disable();
			enter_idle();
			idle();
			__exit_idle();
		}
		tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick();
		preempt_enable_no_resched();
		schedule();
		preempt_disable();
	}
}

void cpu_idle_wait(void)
{
	unsigned int cpu, this_cpu = get_cpu();
	cpumask_t map, tmp = current->cpus_allowed;

	set_cpus_allowed(current, cpumask_of_cpu(this_cpu));
	put_cpu();

	cpus_clear(map);
	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
		per_cpu(cpu_idle_state, cpu) = 1;
		cpu_set(cpu, map);
	}

	__get_cpu_var(cpu_idle_state) = 0;

	wmb();
	do {
		ssleep(1);
		for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
			if (cpu_isset(cpu, map) && !per_cpu(cpu_idle_state, cpu))
				cpu_clear(cpu, map);
		}
		cpus_and(map, map, cpu_online_map);
	} while (!cpus_empty(map));

	set_cpus_allowed(current, tmp);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_idle_wait);

/*
 * This uses new MONITOR/MWAIT instructions on P4 processors with PNI,
 * which can obviate IPI to trigger checking of need_resched.
 * We execute MONITOR against need_resched and enter optimized wait state
 * through MWAIT. Whenever someone changes need_resched, we would be woken
 * up from MWAIT (without an IPI).
 *
 * New with Core Duo processors, MWAIT can take some hints based on CPU
 * capability.
 */
void mwait_idle_with_hints(unsigned long eax, unsigned long ecx)
{
	if (!need_resched()) {
		__monitor((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0);
		smp_mb();
		if (!need_resched())
			__sti_mwait(eax, ecx);
		else
			local_irq_enable();
	} else {
		local_irq_enable();
	}
}

/* Default MONITOR/MWAIT with no hints, used for default C1 state */
static void mwait_idle(void)
{
	local_irq_enable();
	mwait_idle_with_hints(0, 0);
}

void __devinit select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
	if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_MWAIT)) {
		printk("monitor/mwait feature present.\n");
		/*
		 * Skip, if setup has overridden idle.
		 * One CPU supports mwait => All CPUs supports mwait
		 */
		if (!pm_idle) {
			printk("using mwait in idle threads.\n");
			pm_idle = mwait_idle;
		}
	}
}

static int __init idle_setup (char *str)
{
	if (!strncmp(str, "poll", 4)) {
		printk("using polling idle threads.\n");
		pm_idle = poll_idle;
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_SMP
		if (smp_num_siblings > 1)
			printk("WARNING: polling idle and HT enabled, performance may degrade.\n");
#endif
	} else if (!strncmp(str, "halt", 4)) {
		printk("using halt in idle threads.\n");
		pm_idle = default_idle;
	}

	boot_option_idle_override = 1;
	return 1;
}

__setup("idle=", idle_setup);

void show_regs(struct pt_regs * regs)
{
	unsigned long cr0 = 0L, cr2 = 0L, cr3 = 0L, cr4 = 0L;

	printk("\n");
	printk("Pid: %d, comm: %20s\n", current->pid, current->comm);
	printk("EIP: %04x:[<%08lx>] CPU: %d\n",0xffff & regs->xcs,regs->eip, smp_processor_id());
	print_symbol("EIP is at %s\n", regs->eip);

	if (user_mode_vm(regs))
		printk(" ESP: %04x:%08lx",0xffff & regs->xss,regs->esp);
	printk(" EFLAGS: %08lx    %s  (%s %.*s)\n",
	       regs->eflags, print_tainted(), init_utsname()->release,
	       (int)strcspn(init_utsname()->version, " "),
	       init_utsname()->version);
	printk("EAX: %08lx EBX: %08lx ECX: %08lx EDX: %08lx\n",
		regs->eax,regs->ebx,regs->ecx,regs->edx);
	printk("ESI: %08lx EDI: %08lx EBP: %08lx",
		regs->esi, regs->edi, regs->ebp);
	printk(" DS: %04x ES: %04x FS: %04x\n",
	       0xffff & regs->xds,0xffff & regs->xes, 0xffff & regs->xfs);

	cr0 = read_cr0();
	cr2 = read_cr2();
	cr3 = read_cr3();
	cr4 = read_cr4_safe();
	printk("CR0: %08lx CR2: %08lx CR3: %08lx CR4: %08lx\n", cr0, cr2, cr3, cr4);
	show_trace(NULL, regs, &regs->esp);
}

/*
 * This gets run with %ebx containing the
 * function to call, and %edx containing
 * the "args".
 */
extern void kernel_thread_helper(void);

/*
 * Create a kernel thread
 */
int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void * arg, unsigned long flags)
{
	struct pt_regs regs;

	memset(&regs, 0, sizeof(regs));

	regs.ebx = (unsigned long) fn;
	regs.edx = (unsigned long) arg;

	regs.xds = __USER_DS;
	regs.xes = __USER_DS;
	regs.xfs = __KERNEL_PDA;
	regs.orig_eax = -1;
	regs.eip = (unsigned long) kernel_thread_helper;
	regs.xcs = __KERNEL_CS | get_kernel_rpl();
	regs.eflags = X86_EFLAGS_IF | X86_EFLAGS_SF | X86_EFLAGS_PF | 0x2;

	/* Ok, create the new process.. */
	return do_fork(flags | CLONE_VM | CLONE_UNTRACED, 0, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread);

/*
 * Free current thread data structures etc..
 */
void exit_thread(void)
{
	/* The process may have allocated an io port bitmap... nuke it. */
	if (unlikely(test_thread_flag(TIF_IO_BITMAP))) {
		struct task_struct *tsk = current;
		struct thread_struct *t = &tsk->thread;
		int cpu = get_cpu();
		struct tss_struct *tss = &per_cpu(init_tss, cpu);

		kfree(t->io_bitmap_ptr);
		t->io_bitmap_ptr = NULL;
		clear_thread_flag(TIF_IO_BITMAP);
		/*
		 * Careful, clear this in the TSS too:
		 */
		memset(tss->io_bitmap, 0xff, tss->io_bitmap_max);
		t->io_bitmap_max = 0;
		tss->io_bitmap_owner = NULL;
		tss->io_bitmap_max = 0;
		tss->io_bitmap_base = INVALID_IO_BITMAP_OFFSET;
		put_cpu();
	}
}

void flush_thread(void)
{
	struct task_struct *tsk = current;

	memset(tsk->thread.debugreg, 0, sizeof(unsigned long)*8);
	memset(tsk->thread.tls_array, 0, sizeof(tsk->thread.tls_array));	
	clear_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_DEBUG);
	/*
	 * Forget coprocessor state..
	 */
	clear_fpu(tsk);
	clear_used_math();
}

void release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task)
{
	BUG_ON(dead_task->mm);
	release_vm86_irqs(dead_task);
}

/*
 * This gets called before we allocate a new thread and copy
 * the current task into it.
 */
void prepare_to_copy(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
	unlazy_fpu(tsk);
}

int copy_thread(int nr, unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long esp,
	unsigned long unused,
	struct task_struct * p, struct pt_regs * regs)
{
	struct pt_regs * childregs;
	struct task_struct *tsk;
	int err;

	childregs = task_pt_regs(p);
	*childregs = *regs;
	childregs->eax = 0;
	childregs->esp = esp;

	p->thread.esp = (unsigned long) childregs;
	p->thread.esp0 = (unsigned long) (childregs+1);

	p->thread.eip = (unsigned long) ret_from_fork;

	savesegment(gs,p->thread.gs);

	tsk = current;
	if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_IO_BITMAP))) {
		p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr = kmemdup(tsk->thread.io_bitmap_ptr,
						IO_BITMAP_BYTES, GFP_KERNEL);
		if (!p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr) {
			p->thread.io_bitmap_max = 0;
			return -ENOMEM;
		}
		set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_IO_BITMAP);
	}

	/*
	 * Set a new TLS for the child thread?
	 */
	if (clone_flags & CLONE_SETTLS) {
		struct desc_struct *desc;
		struct user_desc info;
		int idx;

		err = -EFAULT;
		if (copy_from_user(&info, (void __user *)childregs->esi, sizeof(info)))
			goto out;
		err = -EINVAL;
		if (LDT_empty(&info))
			goto out;

		idx = info.entry_number;
		if (idx < GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN || idx > GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MAX)
			goto out;

		desc = p->thread.tls_array + idx - GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN;
		desc->a = LDT_entry_a(&info);
		desc->b = LDT_entry_b(&info);
	}

	err = 0;
 out:
	if (err && p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr) {
		kfree(p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr);
		p->thread.io_bitmap_max = 0;
	}
	return err;
}

/*
 * fill in the user structure for a core dump..
 */
void dump_thread(struct pt_regs * regs, struct user * dump)
{
	int i;

/* changed the size calculations - should hopefully work better. lbt */
	dump->magic = CMAGIC;
	dump->start_code = 0;
	dump->start_stack = regs->esp & ~(PAGE_SIZE - 1);
	dump->u_tsize = ((unsigned long) current->mm->end_code) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
	dump->u_dsize = ((unsigned long) (current->mm->brk + (PAGE_SIZE-1))) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
	dump->u_dsize -= dump->u_tsize;
	dump->u_ssize = 0;
	for (i = 0; i < 8; i++)
		dump->u_debugreg[i] = current->thread.debugreg[i];  

	if (dump->start_stack < TASK_SIZE)
		dump->u_ssize = ((unsigned long) (TASK_SIZE - dump->start_stack)) >> PAGE_SHIFT;

	dump->regs.ebx = regs->ebx;
	dump->regs.ecx = regs->ecx;
	dump->regs.edx = regs->edx;
	dump->regs.esi = regs->esi;
	dump->regs.edi = regs->edi;
	dump->regs.ebp = regs->ebp;
	dump->regs.eax = regs->eax;
	dump->regs.ds = regs->xds;
	dump->regs.es = regs->xes;
	dump->regs.fs = regs->xfs;
	savesegment(gs,dump->regs.gs);
	dump->regs.orig_eax = regs->orig_eax;
	dump->regs.eip = regs->eip;
	dump->regs.cs = regs->xcs;
	dump->regs.eflags = regs->eflags;
	dump->regs.esp = regs->esp;
	dump->regs.ss = regs->xss;

	dump->u_fpvalid = dump_fpu (regs, &dump->i387);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_thread);

/* 
 * Capture the user space registers if the task is not running (in user space)
 */
int dump_task_regs(struct task_struct *tsk, elf_gregset_t *regs)
{
	struct pt_regs ptregs = *task_pt_regs(tsk);
	ptregs.xcs &= 0xffff;
	ptregs.xds &= 0xffff;
	ptregs.xes &= 0xffff;
	ptregs.xss &= 0xffff;

	elf_core_copy_regs(regs, &ptregs);

	return 1;
}

static noinline void __switch_to_xtra(struct task_struct *next_p,
				    struct tss_struct *tss)
{
	struct thread_struct *next;

	next = &next_p->thread;

	if (test_tsk_thread_flag(next_p, TIF_DEBUG)) {
		set_debugreg(next->debugreg[0], 0);
		set_debugreg(next->debugreg[1], 1);
		set_debugreg(next->debugreg[2], 2);
		set_debugreg(next->debugreg[3], 3);
		/* no 4 and 5 */
		set_debugreg(next->debugreg[6], 6);
		set_debugreg(next->debugreg[7], 7);
	}

	if (!test_tsk_thread_flag(next_p, TIF_IO_BITMAP)) {
		/*
		 * Disable the bitmap via an invalid offset. We still cache
		 * the previous bitmap owner and the IO bitmap contents:
		 */
		tss->io_bitmap_base = INVALID_IO_BITMAP_OFFSET;
		return;
	}

	if (likely(next == tss->io_bitmap_owner)) {
		/*
		 * Previous owner of the bitmap (hence the bitmap content)
		 * matches the next task, we dont have to do anything but
		 * to set a valid offset in the TSS:
		 */
		tss->io_bitmap_base = IO_BITMAP_OFFSET;
		return;
	}
	/*
	 * Lazy TSS's I/O bitmap copy. We set an invalid offset here
	 * and we let the task to get a GPF in case an I/O instruction
	 * is performed.  The handler of the GPF will verify that the
	 * faulting task has a valid I/O bitmap and, it true, does the
	 * real copy and restart the instruction.  This will save us
	 * redundant copies when the currently switched task does not
	 * perform any I/O during its timeslice.
	 */
	tss->io_bitmap_base = INVALID_IO_BITMAP_OFFSET_LAZY;
}

/*
 * This function selects if the context switch from prev to next
 * has to tweak the TSC disable bit in the cr4.
 */
static inline void disable_tsc(struct task_struct *prev_p,
			       struct task_struct *next_p)
{
	struct thread_info *prev, *next;

	/*
	 * gcc should eliminate the ->thread_info dereference if
	 * has_secure_computing returns 0 at compile time (SECCOMP=n).
	 */
	prev = task_thread_info(prev_p);
	next = task_thread_info(next_p);

	if (has_secure_computing(prev) || has_secure_computing(next)) {
		/* slow path here */
		if (has_secure_computing(prev) &&
		    !has_secure_computing(next)) {
			write_cr4(read_cr4() & ~X86_CR4_TSD);
		} else if (!has_secure_computing(prev) &&
			   has_secure_computing(next))
			write_cr4(read_cr4() | X86_CR4_TSD);
	}
}

/*
 *	switch_to(x,yn) should switch tasks from x to y.
 *
 * We fsave/fwait so that an exception goes off at the right time
 * (as a call from the fsave or fwait in effect) rather than to
 * the wrong process. Lazy FP saving no longer makes any sense
 * with modern CPU's, and this simplifies a lot of things (SMP
 * and UP become the same).
 *
 * NOTE! We used to use the x86 hardware context switching. The
 * reason for not using it any more becomes apparent when you
 * try to recover gracefully from saved state that is no longer
 * valid (stale segment register values in particular). With the
 * hardware task-switch, there is no way to fix up bad state in
 * a reasonable manner.
 *
 * The fact that Intel documents the hardware task-switching to
 * be slow is a fairly red herring - this code is not noticeably
 * faster. However, there _is_ some room for improvement here,
 * so the performance issues may eventually be a valid point.
 * More important, however, is the fact that this allows us much
 * more flexibility.
 *
 * The return value (in %eax) will be the "prev" task after
 * the task-switch, and shows up in ret_from_fork in entry.S,
 * for example.
 */
struct task_struct fastcall * __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p)
{
	struct thread_struct *prev = &prev_p->thread,
				 *next = &next_p->thread;
	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
	struct tss_struct *tss = &per_cpu(init_tss, cpu);

	/* never put a printk in __switch_to... printk() calls wake_up*() indirectly */

	__unlazy_fpu(prev_p);


	/* we're going to use this soon, after a few expensive things */
	if (next_p->fpu_counter > 5)
		prefetch(&next->i387.fxsave);

	/*
	 * Reload esp0.
	 */
	load_esp0(tss, next);

	/*
	 * Save away %gs. No need to save %fs, as it was saved on the
	 * stack on entry.  No need to save %es and %ds, as those are
	 * always kernel segments while inside the kernel.  Doing this
	 * before setting the new TLS descriptors avoids the situation
	 * where we temporarily have non-reloadable segments in %fs
	 * and %gs.  This could be an issue if the NMI handler ever
	 * used %fs or %gs (it does not today), or if the kernel is
	 * running inside of a hypervisor layer.
	 */
	savesegment(gs, prev->gs);

	/*
	 * Load the per-thread Thread-Local Storage descriptor.
	 */
	load_TLS(next, cpu);

	/*
	 * Restore IOPL if needed.  In normal use, the flags restore
	 * in the switch assembly will handle this.  But if the kernel
	 * is running virtualized at a non-zero CPL, the popf will
	 * not restore flags, so it must be done in a separate step.
	 */
	if (get_kernel_rpl() && unlikely(prev->iopl != next->iopl))
		set_iopl_mask(next->iopl);

	/*
	 * Now maybe handle debug registers and/or IO bitmaps
	 */
	if (unlikely((task_thread_info(next_p)->flags & _TIF_WORK_CTXSW)
	    || test_tsk_thread_flag(prev_p, TIF_IO_BITMAP)))
		__switch_to_xtra(next_p, tss);

	disable_tsc(prev_p, next_p);

	/*
	 * Leave lazy mode, flushing any hypercalls made here.
	 * This must be done before restoring TLS segments so
	 * the GDT and LDT are properly updated, and must be
	 * done before math_state_restore, so the TS bit is up
	 * to date.
	 */
	arch_leave_lazy_cpu_mode();

	/* If the task has used fpu the last 5 timeslices, just do a full
	 * restore of the math state immediately to avoid the trap; the
	 * chances of needing FPU soon are obviously high now
	 */
	if (next_p->fpu_counter > 5)
		math_state_restore();

	/*
	 * Restore %gs if needed (which is common)
	 */
	if (prev->gs | next->gs)
		loadsegment(gs, next->gs);

	write_pda(pcurrent, next_p);

	return prev_p;
}

asmlinkage int sys_fork(struct pt_regs regs)
{
	return do_fork(SIGCHLD, regs.esp, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
}

asmlinkage int sys_clone(struct pt_regs regs)
{
	unsigned long clone_flags;
	unsigned long newsp;
	int __user *parent_tidptr, *child_tidptr;

	clone_flags = regs.ebx;
	newsp = regs.ecx;
	parent_tidptr = (int __user *)regs.edx;
	child_tidptr = (int __user *)regs.edi;
	if (!newsp)
		newsp = regs.esp;
	return do_fork(clone_flags, newsp, &regs, 0, parent_tidptr, child_tidptr);
}

/*
 * This is trivial, and on the face of it looks like it
 * could equally well be done in user mode.
 *
 * Not so, for quite unobvious reasons - register pressure.
 * In user mode vfork() cannot have a stack frame, and if
 * done by calling the "clone()" system call directly, you
 * do not have enough call-clobbered registers to hold all
 * the information you need.
 */
asmlinkage int sys_vfork(struct pt_regs regs)
{
	return do_fork(CLONE_VFORK | CLONE_VM | SIGCHLD, regs.esp, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
}

/*
 * sys_execve() executes a new program.
 */
asmlinkage int sys_execve(struct pt_regs regs)
{
	int error;
	char * filename;

	filename = getname((char __user *) regs.ebx);
	error = PTR_ERR(filename);
	if (IS_ERR(filename))
		goto out;
	error = do_execve(filename,
			(char __user * __user *) regs.ecx,
			(char __user * __user *) regs.edx,
			&regs);
	if (error == 0) {
		task_lock(current);
		current->ptrace &= ~PT_DTRACE;
		task_unlock(current);
		/* Make sure we don't return using sysenter.. */
		set_thread_flag(TIF_IRET);
	}
	putname(filename);
out:
	return error;
}

#define top_esp                (THREAD_SIZE - sizeof(unsigned long))
#define top_ebp                (THREAD_SIZE - 2*sizeof(unsigned long))

unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p)
{
	unsigned long ebp, esp, eip;
	unsigned long stack_page;
	int count = 0;
	if (!p || p == current || p->state == TASK_RUNNING)
		return 0;
	stack_page = (unsigned long)task_stack_page(p);
	esp = p->thread.esp;
	if (!stack_page || esp < stack_page || esp > top_esp+stack_page)
		return 0;
	/* include/asm-i386/system.h:switch_to() pushes ebp last. */
	ebp = *(unsigned long *) esp;
	do {
		if (ebp < stack_page || ebp > top_ebp+stack_page)
			return 0;
		eip = *(unsigned long *) (ebp+4);
		if (!in_sched_functions(eip))
			return eip;
		ebp = *(unsigned long *) ebp;
	} while (count++ < 16);
	return 0;
}

/*
 * sys_alloc_thread_area: get a yet unused TLS descriptor index.
 */
static int get_free_idx(void)
{
	struct thread_struct *t = &current->thread;
	int idx;

	for (idx = 0; idx < GDT_ENTRY_TLS_ENTRIES; idx++)
		if (desc_empty(t->tls_array + idx))
			return idx + GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN;
	return -ESRCH;
}

/*
 * Set a given TLS descriptor:
 */
asmlinkage int sys_set_thread_area(struct user_desc __user *u_info)
{
	struct thread_struct *t = &current->thread;
	struct user_desc info;
	struct desc_struct *desc;
	int cpu, idx;

	if (copy_from_user(&info, u_info, sizeof(info)))
		return -EFAULT;
	idx = info.entry_number;

	/*
	 * index -1 means the kernel should try to find and
	 * allocate an empty descriptor:
	 */
	if (idx == -1) {
		idx = get_free_idx();
		if (idx < 0)
			return idx;
		if (put_user(idx, &u_info->entry_number))
			return -EFAULT;
	}

	if (idx < GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN || idx > GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MAX)
		return -EINVAL;

	desc = t->tls_array + idx - GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN;

	/*
	 * We must not get preempted while modifying the TLS.
	 */
	cpu = get_cpu();

	if (LDT_empty(&info)) {
		desc->a = 0;
		desc->b = 0;
	} else {
		desc->a = LDT_entry_a(&info);
		desc->b = LDT_entry_b(&info);
	}
	load_TLS(t, cpu);

	put_cpu();

	return 0;
}

/*
 * Get the current Thread-Local Storage area:
 */

#define GET_BASE(desc) ( \
	(((desc)->a >> 16) & 0x0000ffff) | \
	(((desc)->b << 16) & 0x00ff0000) | \
	( (desc)->b        & 0xff000000)   )

#define GET_LIMIT(desc) ( \
	((desc)->a & 0x0ffff) | \
	 ((desc)->b & 0xf0000) )
	
#define GET_32BIT(desc)		(((desc)->b >> 22) & 1)
#define GET_CONTENTS(desc)	(((desc)->b >> 10) & 3)
#define GET_WRITABLE(desc)	(((desc)->b >>  9) & 1)
#define GET_LIMIT_PAGES(desc)	(((desc)->b >> 23) & 1)
#define GET_PRESENT(desc)	(((desc)->b >> 15) & 1)
#define GET_USEABLE(desc)	(((desc)->b >> 20) & 1)

asmlinkage int sys_get_thread_area(struct user_desc __user *u_info)
{
	struct user_desc info;
	struct desc_struct *desc;
	int idx;

	if (get_user(idx, &u_info->entry_number))
		return -EFAULT;
	if (idx < GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN || idx > GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MAX)
		return -EINVAL;

	memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));

	desc = current->thread.tls_array + idx - GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN;

	info.entry_number = idx;
	info.base_addr = GET_BASE(desc);
	info.limit = GET_LIMIT(desc);
	info.seg_32bit = GET_32BIT(desc);
	info.contents = GET_CONTENTS(desc);
	info.read_exec_only = !GET_WRITABLE(desc);
	info.limit_in_pages = GET_LIMIT_PAGES(desc);
	info.seg_not_present = !GET_PRESENT(desc);
	info.useable = GET_USEABLE(desc);

	if (copy_to_user(u_info, &info, sizeof(info)))
		return -EFAULT;
	return 0;
}

unsigned long arch_align_stack(unsigned long sp)
{
	if (!(current->personality & ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE) && randomize_va_space)
		sp -= get_random_int() % 8192;
	return sp & ~0xf;
}