Like the name implies, it is supposed to set the spawn attributes for
the NuttX specific "spawn proxy task" which was historically used as
a proxy to spawn new tasks. The proxy handled file actions and the signal
mask which are inherited from the parent.
The proxy task does not exist anymore, thus the proxy task attributes
do not need to be set anymore either.
Also, the function is currently still used, but the signal mask is set
for the spawning process, not the proxy process, and this is most
DEFINITELY an error (as the spawning process's signal mask changes
unexpectedly).
Setting the signal mask for the newly spawned process is simple, just
set it directly, if instructed to do so. This will be done in a later
patch!
The spawn proxy thread is a special existence in NuttX, usually some developers
spend a lot of time on stack overflow of spawn proxy thread:
https://github.com/apache/nuttx/issues/9046https://github.com/apache/nuttx/pull/9081
In order to avoid similar issues, this PR will remove spawn proxy thread to simplify
the process of task/posix_spawn().
1. Postpone the related processing of spawn file actions until after task_init()
2. Delete the temporary thread of spawn proxy and related global variables
Signed-off-by: chao an <anchao@xiaomi.com>
If address environments are in use, it is not possible to simply
memcpy from from one process to another. The current implementation
of env_dup does precisely this and thus, it fails at once when it is
attempted between two user processes.
The solution is to use the kernel's heap as an intermediate buffer.
This is a simple, effective and common way to do a fork().
Obviously this is not needed for kernel processes.
Resolution of Issue 619 will require multiple steps, this part of the first step in that resolution: Every call to nxsem_wait_uninterruptible() must handle the return value from nxsem_wait_uninterruptible properly. This commit is only for those files under graphics/, mm/, net/, sched/, wireless/bluetooth.
Still to do: Files under fs/, drivers/, and arch. The last is 116 files and will take some effort.
sched/semaphore: Add nxsem_post() which is identical to sem_post() except that it never modifies the errno variable. Changed all references to sem_post in the OS to nxsem_post().
sched/semaphore: Add nxsem_destroy() which is identical to sem_destroy() except that it never modifies the errno variable. Changed all references to sem_destroy() in the OS to nxsem_destroy().
libc/semaphore and sched/semaphore: Add nxsem_getprotocol() and nxsem_setprotocola which are identical to sem_getprotocol() and set_setprotocol() except that they never modifies the errno variable. Changed all references to sem_setprotocol in the OS to nxsem_setprotocol(). sem_getprotocol() was not used in the OS
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