1 files changed, 50 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
index 00f39d4ed..00f7e0ba2 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
@@ -105,19 +105,24 @@ static void hard_idle(void)
  */ 
 static int cpu_idle(void *unused)
 {
-	unsigned long start_idle = jiffies;
+	int work = 1;
+	unsigned long start_idle = 0;
 
 	/* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
+	current->priority = 0;
+	current->counter = -100;
 	for (;;) {
+		if (work)
+			start_idle = jiffies;
+
 		if (jiffies - start_idle > HARD_IDLE_TIMEOUT) 
 			hard_idle();
 		else  {
 			if (boot_cpu_data.hlt_works_ok && !hlt_counter && !current->need_resched)
 		        	__asm__("hlt");
 		}
-		if (current->need_resched) 
-			start_idle = jiffies;
-		current->policy = SCHED_YIELD;
+
+		work = current->need_resched;
 		schedule();
 		check_pgt_cache();
 	}
@@ -131,14 +136,21 @@ static int cpu_idle(void *unused)
 
 int cpu_idle(void *unused)
 {
-
 	/* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
+	current->priority = 0;
+	current->counter = -100;
 	while(1) {
-		if (current_cpu_data.hlt_works_ok && !hlt_counter && !current->need_resched)
+		if (current_cpu_data.hlt_works_ok && !hlt_counter &&
+				 !current->need_resched)
 			__asm__("hlt");
-		current->policy = SCHED_YIELD;
-		schedule();
-		check_pgt_cache();
+		/*
+		 * although we are an idle CPU, we do not want to
+		 * get into the scheduler unnecessarily.
+		 */
+		if (current->need_resched) {
+			schedule();
+			check_pgt_cache();
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -463,24 +475,27 @@ void free_task_struct(struct task_struct *p)
 
 void release_segments(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-	/* forget local segments */
-	__asm__ __volatile__("movl %w0,%%fs ; movl %w0,%%gs"
-		: /* no outputs */
-		: "r" (0));
 	if (mm->segments) {
 		void * ldt = mm->segments;
-
-		/*
-		 * Get the LDT entry from init_task.
-		 */
-		current->tss.ldt = _LDT(0);
-		load_ldt(0);
-
 		mm->segments = NULL;
 		vfree(ldt);
 	}
 }
 
+void forget_segments(void)
+{
+	/* forget local segments */
+	__asm__ __volatile__("movl %w0,%%fs ; movl %w0,%%gs"
+		: /* no outputs */
+		: "r" (0));
+
+	/*
+	 * Get the LDT entry from init_task.
+	 */
+	current->tss.ldt = _LDT(0);
+	load_ldt(0);
+}
+
 /*
  * Create a kernel thread
  */
@@ -579,7 +594,6 @@ int copy_thread(int nr, unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long esp,
 	*childregs = *regs;
 	childregs->eax = 0;
 	childregs->esp = esp;
-	childregs->eflags = regs->eflags & 0xffffcfff;  /* iopl always 0 for a new process */	
 
 	p->tss.esp = (unsigned long) childregs;
 	p->tss.esp0 = (unsigned long) (childregs+1);
@@ -771,6 +785,21 @@ asmlinkage int sys_clone(struct pt_regs regs)
 }
 
 /*
+ * This is trivial, and on the face of it looks like it
+ * could equally well be done in user mode.
+ *
+ * Not so, for quite unobvious reasons - register pressure.
+ * In user mode vfork() cannot have a stack frame, and if
+ * done by calling the "clone()" system call directly, you
+ * do not have enough call-clobbered registers to hold all
+ * the information you need.
+ */
+asmlinkage int sys_vfork(struct pt_regs regs)
+{
+	return do_fork(CLONE_VFORK | CLONE_VM | SIGCHLD, regs.esp, &regs);
+}
+
+/*
  * sys_execve() executes a new program.
  */
 asmlinkage int sys_execve(struct pt_regs regs)