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syscalls: Fix ABI mismatch for 'clone'.

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Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/21694>.

* guix/build/syscalls.scm (clone): Change 'syscall' parameter types to
  LONG, UNSIGNED-LONG, or '*; make sure it has 6 parameters.  Adjust
  caller accordingly.
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Ludovic Courtès 2015-10-17 11:53:25 +02:00
parent d82633d06a
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@ -315,10 +315,16 @@ string TMPL and return its file name. TMPL must end with 'XXXXXX'."
(define CLONE_NEWNET #x40000000)
;; The libc interface to sys_clone is not useful for Scheme programs, so the
;; low-level system call is wrapped instead.
;; low-level system call is wrapped instead. The 'syscall' function is
;; declared in <unistd.h> as a variadic function; in practice, it expects 6
;; pointer-sized arguments, as shown in, e.g., x86_64/syscall.S.
(define clone
(let* ((ptr (dynamic-func "syscall" (dynamic-link)))
(proc (pointer->procedure int ptr (list int int '*)))
(proc (pointer->procedure long ptr
(list long ;sysno
unsigned-long ;flags
'* '* '*
'*)))
;; TODO: Don't do this.
(syscall-id (match (utsname:machine (uname))
("i686" 120)
@ -329,7 +335,10 @@ string TMPL and return its file name. TMPL must end with 'XXXXXX'."
"Create a new child process by duplicating the current parent process.
Unlike the fork system call, clone accepts FLAGS that specify which resources
are shared between the parent and child processes."
(let ((ret (proc syscall-id flags %null-pointer))
(let ((ret (proc syscall-id flags
%null-pointer ;child stack
%null-pointer %null-pointer ;ptid & ctid
%null-pointer)) ;unused
(err (errno)))
(if (= ret -1)
(throw 'system-error "clone" "~d: ~A"