首先提取出do_fork(),
from linux/kernel/fork.c
/*
* 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;
/*
* Do some preliminary argument and permissions checking before we
* actually start allocating stuff
*/
if (clone_flags & CLONE_NEWUSER) {
if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD)
return -EINVAL;
/* hopefully this check will go away when userns support is
* complete
*/
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || !capable(CAP_SETUID) ||
!capable(CAP_SETGID))
return -EPERM;
}
/*
* We hope to recycle these flags after 2.6.26
*/
if (unlikely(clone_flags & CLONE_STOPPED)) {
static int __read_mostly count = 100;
if (count > 0 && printk_ratelimit()) {
char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];
count--;
printk(KERN_INFO "fork(): process `%s' used deprecated "
"clone flags 0x%lx\n",
get_task_comm(comm, current),
clone_flags & CLONE_STOPPED);
}
}
/*
* When called from kernel_thread, don't do user tracing stuff.
*/
if (likely(user_mode(regs)))
trace = tracehook_prepare_clone(clone_flags);
p = <span style="color:#FF0000;">copy_process</span>(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;
}
call copy_process( );
在此函数中有几个重要函数的调用:
(1)dup_task_struct( );
在copy_process( )中调用形式为p = dup_task_struct(current);
current为当前进程描述符。
static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig)
{
struct task_struct *tsk;
struct thread_info *ti;
unsigned long *stackend;
int err;
prepare_to_copy(orig);
<span style="color:#FF0000;">tsk = alloc_task_struct();</span>
if (!tsk)
return NULL;
<span style="color:#FF0000;">ti = alloc_thread_info(tsk);</span>
if (!ti) {
free_task_struct(tsk);
return NULL;
}
err = arch_dup_task_struct(tsk, orig);
if (err)
goto out;
tsk->stack = ti;
err = prop_local_init_single(&tsk->dirties);
if (err)
goto out;
setup_thread_stack(tsk, orig);
clear_user_return_notifier(tsk);
stackend = end_of_stack(tsk);
*stackend = STACK_END_MAGIC; /* for overflow detection */
#ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
tsk->stack_canary = get_random_int();
#endif
/* One for us, one for whoever does the "release_task()" (usually parent) */
atomic_set(&tsk->usage,2);
atomic_set(&tsk->fs_excl, 0);
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
tsk->btrace_seq = 0;
#endif
tsk->splice_pipe = NULL;
account_kernel_stack(ti, 1);
return tsk;
out:
free_thread_info(ti);
free_task_struct(tsk);
return NULL;
}
函数中复制了进程描述符
# define alloc_task_struct() kmem_cache_alloc(task_struct_cachep, GFP_KERNEL)
static inline struct thread_info *alloc_thread_info(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
gfp_t mask = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO;
#else
gfp_t mask = GFP_KERNEL;
#endif
return (struct thread_info *)__get_free_pages(mask, THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
}