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authordzwdz2021-08-18 17:36:16 +0200
committerdzwdz2021-08-18 17:36:16 +0200
commitbaa4c5e085d81b2021b25adaba61d32e3f835a56 (patch)
tree6c3b421591933df64a368e7f59537963e7139ed6 /src/kernel
parentab1f8ed9b9513de631193aaa024ddb86eb2a97b7 (diff)
fork() now has a return value; you can tell the child and parent apart
Diffstat (limited to 'src/kernel')
-rw-r--r--src/kernel/syscalls.c6
-rw-r--r--src/kernel/syscalls.h3
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/kernel/syscalls.c b/src/kernel/syscalls.c
index e160270..6a61a9d 100644
--- a/src/kernel/syscalls.c
+++ b/src/kernel/syscalls.c
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ _Noreturn void _syscall_exit(const char *msg, size_t len) {
}
int _syscall_fork() {
- struct process *orig = process_current;
- process_current = process_fork(orig);
- process_switch(process_current);
+ struct process *child = process_fork(process_current);
+ regs_savereturn(&child->regs, 0);
+ return 1;
}
int _syscall_debuglog(const char *msg, size_t len) {
diff --git a/src/kernel/syscalls.h b/src/kernel/syscalls.h
index 78a47b2..d3ad2a8 100644
--- a/src/kernel/syscalls.h
+++ b/src/kernel/syscalls.h
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ enum {
_Noreturn void _syscall_exit(const char *msg, size_t len);
/** Creates a copy of the current process, and executes it.
- * All user memory pages get copied too. Doesn't return anything useful.. yet.
+ * All user memory pages get copied too.
+ * @return 0 in the child, a meaningless positive value in the parent.
*/
int _syscall_fork();