powerpc: split ret_from_fork

[deliverable/linux.git] / kernel / fork.c

diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 2c8857e12855393759562b3c6eeec2d23de6f080..a42c62a8eb248b9540aa86298101055eb96562b9 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1609,7 +1609,7 @@ long do_fork(unsigned long clone_flags,
         * requested, no event is reported; otherwise, report if the event
         * for the type of forking is enabled.
         */
-       if (likely(user_mode(regs)) && !(clone_flags & CLONE_UNTRACED)) {
+       if (!(clone_flags & CLONE_UNTRACED) && likely(user_mode(regs))) {
                if (clone_flags & CLONE_VFORK)
                        trace = PTRACE_EVENT_VFORK;
                else if ((clone_flags & CSIGNAL) != SIGCHLD)
@@ -1659,6 +1659,17 @@ long do_fork(unsigned long clone_flags,
        return nr;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
+/*
+ * Create a kernel thread.
+ */
+pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
+{
+       return do_fork(flags|CLONE_VM|CLONE_UNTRACED, (unsigned long)fn, NULL,
+               (unsigned long)arg, NULL, NULL);
+}
+#endif
+
 #ifndef ARCH_MIN_MMSTRUCT_ALIGN
 #define ARCH_MIN_MMSTRUCT_ALIGN 0
 #endif