linux fork源码分析

fork后会通过软中断陷入内核调用内核函数clone->dofork;首先有些准备知识：

1、clone标志：

/*
 * cloning flags:
 */
#define CSIGNAL		0x000000ff	/* signal mask to be sent at exit */
#define CLONE_VM	0x00000100	/* set if VM shared between processes */
#define CLONE_FS	0x00000200	/* set if fs info shared between processes */
#define CLONE_FILES	0x00000400	/* set if open files shared between processes */
#define CLONE_SIGHAND	0x00000800	/* set if signal handlers and blocked signals shared */
#define CLONE_PTRACE	0x00002000	/* set if we want to let tracing continue on the child too */
#define CLONE_VFORK	0x00004000	/* set if the parent wants the child to wake it up on mm_release */
#define CLONE_PARENT	0x00008000	/* set if we want to have the same parent as the cloner */
#define CLONE_THREAD	0x00010000	/* Same thread group? */
#define CLONE_NEWNS	0x00020000	/* New namespace group? */
#define CLONE_SYSVSEM	0x00040000	/* share system V SEM_UNDO semantics */
#define CLONE_SETTLS	0x00080000	/* create a new TLS for the child */
#define CLONE_PARENT_SETTID	0x00100000	/* set the TID in the parent */
#define CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID	0x00200000	/* clear the TID in the child */
#define CLONE_DETACHED		0x00400000	/* Unused, ignored */
#define CLONE_UNTRACED		0x00800000	/* set if the tracing process can't force CLONE_PTRACE on this clone */
#define CLONE_CHILD_SETTID	0x01000000	/* set the TID in the child */
#define CLONE_STOPPED		0x02000000	/* Start in stopped state */
#define CLONE_NEWUTS		0x04000000	/* New utsname group? */
#define CLONE_NEWIPC		0x08000000	/* New ipcs */
#define CLONE_NEWUSER		0x10000000	/* New user namespace */
#define CLONE_NEWPID		0x20000000	/* New pid namespace */
#define CLONE_NEWNET		0x40000000	/* New network namespace */
#define CLONE_IO		0x80000000	/* Clone io context */

源码的英文注释已经很清晰了，do_fork会用这些标志：

2、会看到unlikely,likely这是为了告诉gcc编译优化，likely是程序员认为后面的判断条件很容易发生。

源码位置：kernel/process.h

/*
 *  Ok, this is the main fork-routine.
 *
 * It copies the process, and if successful kick-starts
 * it and waits for it to finish using the VM if required.
 */
long do_fork(unsigned long clone_flags,
	      unsigned long stack_start,
	      struct pt_regs *regs,
	      unsigned long stack_size,
	      int __user *parent_tidptr,
	      int __user *child_tidptr)
{
	struct task_struct *p;
	int trace = 0;
	long nr;

	/*
	 * When called from kernel_thread, don't do user tracing stuff.
	 */
	if (likely(user_mode(regs)))
		trace = tracehook_prepare_clone(clone_flags);

	p = copy_process(clone_flags, stack_start, regs, stack_size,
			 child_tidptr, NULL, trace);
	/*
	 * Do this prior waking up the new thread - the thread pointer
	 * might get invalid after that point, if the thread exits quickly.
	 */
	if (!IS_ERR(p)) {
		struct completion vfork;

		trace_sched_process_fork(current, p);

		nr = task_pid_vnr(p);

		if (clone_flags & CLONE_PARENT_SETTID)
			put_user(nr, parent_tidptr);

		if (clone_flags & CLONE_VFORK) {
			p->vfork_done = &vfork;
			init_completion(&vfork);
		}

		audit_finish_fork(p);
		tracehook_report_clone(regs, clone_flags, nr, p);

		/*
		 * We set PF_STARTING at creation in case tracing wants to
		 * use this to distinguish a fully live task from one that
		 * hasn't gotten to tracehook_report_clone() yet.  Now we
		 * clear it and set the child going.
		 */
		p->flags &= ~PF_STARTING;

		if (unlikely(clone_flags & CLONE_STOPPED)) {
			/*
			 * We'll start up with an immediate SIGSTOP.
			 */
			sigaddset(&p->pending.signal, SIGSTOP);
			set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_SIGPENDING);
			__set_task_state(p, TASK_STOPPED);
		} else {
			wake_up_new_task(p, clone_flags);
		}

		tracehook_report_clone_complete(trace, regs,
						clone_flags, nr, p);

		if (clone_flags & CLONE_VFORK) {
			freezer_do_not_count();
			wait_for_completion(&vfork);
			freezer_count();
			tracehook_report_vfork_done(p, nr);
		}
	} else {
		nr = PTR_ERR(p);
	}
	return nr;
}

省略了一些基本不会调用的代码，下面来看主要过程：

1、tracehook_prepare_clone 根据flag以及父进程的traceflag返回子进程的trace标志（内核线程不被trace）

2、我擦，下面这个copy_process工作量真大：

1）首先要为子进程描述符task_struct分配内存，基于buddy分配器分配连续的page；创建内核栈，

2）初始化信号量，锁

3）根据flags拷贝父进程的信号量、文件、fs、信号、mm、命名空间、io；初始化内核栈；

4）分配pid；设置tgid，

《linux系统设计原理》上讲到fork的其他作用在源码里还没看到，表示看的不仔细，比如创建进程 如何均分父进程时间片给子进程，如何设置新进程状态，什么时候激发调度程序，木有看到。