patch-2.1.130 linux/include/asm-i386/unistd.h

• Lines: 37
• Date: Tue Nov 24 09:50:48 1998
• Orig file: v2.1.129/linux/include/asm-i386/unistd.h
• Orig date: Fri Oct 9 13:27:15 1998

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.129/linux/include/asm-i386/unistd.h linux/include/asm-i386/unistd.h
@@ -306,36 +306,6 @@
 	return waitpid(-1,wait_stat,0);
 }
 
-/*
- * This is the mechanism for creating a new kernel thread.
- *
- * NOTE! Only a kernel-only process(ie the swapper or direct descendants
- * who haven't done an "execve()") should use this: it will work within
- * a system call from a "real" process, but the process memory space will
- * not be free'd until both the parent and the child have exited.
- */
-static inline pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void * arg, unsigned long flags)
-{
-	long retval;
-
-	__asm__ __volatile__(
-		"movl %%esp,%%esi\n\t"
-		"int $0x80\n\t"		/* Linux/i386 system call */
-		"cmpl %%esp,%%esi\n\t"	/* child or parent? */
-		"je 1f\n\t"		/* parent - jump */
-		"pushl %3\n\t"		/* push argument */
-		"call *%4\n\t"		/* call fn */
-		"movl %2,%0\n\t"	/* exit */
-		"int $0x80\n"
-		"1:\t"
-		:"=a" (retval)
-		:"0" (__NR_clone), "i" (__NR_exit),
-		 "r" (arg), "r" (fn),
-		 "b" (flags | CLONE_VM)
-		:"si");
-	return retval;
-}
-
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _ASM_I386_UNISTD_H_ */