From 1d5e56659af7945daac0f79a06b839bfd59c8f1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dzwdz
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2021 21:01:31 +0200
Subject: remove support for processes returning strings on exit

This isn't really all that useful, it doesn't enable anything that
wasn't possible before. With it removed I'll be able to implement
process_exit() in a much simpler way.
---
 src/kernel/proc.c | 10 +++-------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/kernel/proc.c')

diff --git a/src/kernel/proc.c b/src/kernel/proc.c
index b9f96c8..b1dc5c1 100644
--- a/src/kernel/proc.c
+++ b/src/kernel/proc.c
@@ -115,16 +115,12 @@ int process_try2collect(struct process *dead) {
 			dead->state = PS_DEADER;
 			parent->state = PS_RUNNING;
 
-			len = min(parent->death_msg.len, dead->death_msg.len);
-			res = virt_cpy(
-					parent->pages, parent->death_msg.buf,
-					dead->pages, dead->death_msg.buf, len);
-
-			ret = res ? len : 0;
+			ret = dead->death_msg;
 			regs_savereturn(&parent->regs, ret);
 			return ret;
 
 		default:
-			return -1;
+			return -1; // this return value isn't used anywhere
+			           // TODO enforce that, somehow? idk
 	}
 }
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