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-rw-r--r--arch/i386/kernel/process.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
index dad02a9..b0a0780 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ extern void kernel_thread_helper(void);
int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void * arg, unsigned long flags)
{
struct pt_regs regs;
+ int err;
memset(&regs, 0, sizeof(regs));
@@ -342,7 +343,10 @@ int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void * arg, unsigned long flags)
regs.eflags = X86_EFLAGS_IF | X86_EFLAGS_SF | X86_EFLAGS_PF | 0x2;
/* Ok, create the new process.. */
- return do_fork(flags | CLONE_VM | CLONE_UNTRACED, 0, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
+ err = do_fork(flags | CLONE_VM | CLONE_UNTRACED, 0, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
+ if (err == 0) /* terminate kernel stack */
+ task_pt_regs(current)->eip = 0;
+ return err;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread);