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My s390 assembly is not particularly good so I have read the history of the reference to do_exit copy_thread and have been able to verify that do_exit is not used. The general argument is that s390 has been changed to use the generic kernel_thread and kernel_execve and the generic versions do not call do_exit. So it is strange to see a do_exit reference sitting there. The history of the do_exit reference in s390's version of copy_thread seems conclusive that the do_exit reference is something that lingers and should have been removed several years ago. Up through 8d19f15a60be ("[PATCH] s390 update (1/27): arch.") the s390 code made a call to the exit(2) system call when a kernel thread finished. Then kernel_thread_starter was added which branched directly to the value in register 11 when the kernel thread finshed. The value in register 11 was set in kernel_thread to "regs.gprs[11] = (unsigned long) do_exit" In commit |
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README
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.