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/* Copyright (c) 1998 Apple Computer, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 *
 *	File:	libc/ppc/sys/vfork.s
 *
 * HISTORY
 * 23-Jun-1998	Umesh Vaishampayan (umeshv@apple.com)
 *	Created from fork.s
 *
 */

/* We use mode-independent "g" opcodes such as "srgi", and/or
 * mode-independent macros such as MI_GET_ADDRESS.  These expand
 * into word operations when targeting __ppc__, and into doubleword
 * operations when targeting __ppc64__.
 */
#include <architecture/ppc/mode_independent_asm.h>

/* In vfork(), the child runs in parent's address space.  */

#include "SYS.h"

MI_ENTRY_POINT(_vfork)
    MI_GET_ADDRESS(r5,__current_pid)  // get address of __current_pid in r5
2:
	lwarx	r6,0,r5			// don't cache pid across vfork
	cmpwi	r6,0
	ble--	3f              // is another vfork in progress
	li      r6,0			// if not, erase the stored pid
3:	
	addi	r6,r6,-1		// count the parallel vforks in
	stwcx.	r6,0,r5			// negative cached pid values
	bne--	2b
	
	li      r0,SYS_vfork
	sc
	b       Lbotch			// error return

	cmpwi	r4,0
	beq     Lparent			// parent, since a1 == 0 in parent,

	li      r3,0			// child
	blr

Lparent:                    // r3 == child's pid
	lwarx	r6,0,r5			// we're back, decrement vfork count
	addi	r6,r6,1
	stwcx.	r6,0,r5
	bne--	Lparent
	blr                     // return pid

Lbotch:
	lwarx	r6,0,r5			// never went, decrement vfork count
	addi	r6,r6,1
	stwcx.	r6,0,r5
	bne--	Lbotch

	MI_BRANCH_EXTERNAL(cerror)