Re: [PATCH v4 3/9] x86/entry: Convert ret_from_fork to C

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Wed, Mar 17 2021 at 11:12, Andy Lutomirski wrote:

> ret_from_fork is written in asm, slightly differently, for x86_32 and
> x86_64.  Convert it to C.
> +__visible void noinstr ret_from_fork(struct task_struct *prev,
> +                                  int (*kernel_thread_fn)(void *),
> +                                  void *kernel_thread_arg,
> +                                  struct pt_regs *user_regs)
> +{
> +     instrumentation_begin();
> +
> +     schedule_tail(prev);
> +
> +     if (kernel_thread_fn) {
> +             kernel_thread_fn(kernel_thread_arg);
> +             user_regs->ax = 0;

If you replace this with:

   syscall_set_return_value(current, user_regs, 0, 0);

then it's architecture agnostic and can move to kernel/entry, no?

Thanks,

        tglx