nc 0.9.8

Access system calls directly
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/// Create a child process.
pub unsafe fn clone(
    clone_flags: usize,
    child_stack: *const core::ffi::c_void,
    parent_tid: Option<&mut pid_t>,
    tls: Option<*const core::ffi::c_void>,
    child_tid: Option<&mut pid_t>,
) -> Result<pid_t, Errno> {
    use core::ptr::null_mut;
    let child_stack = child_stack as usize;
    let parent_tid_ptr = parent_tid.map_or(null_mut::<pid_t>() as usize, |parent_tid| {
        core::ptr::from_mut(parent_tid) as usize
    });
    let child_tid_ptr = child_tid.map_or(null_mut::<pid_t>() as usize, |child_tid| {
        core::ptr::from_mut(child_tid) as usize
    });
    let tls_ptr = tls.map_or(core::ptr::null::<u8>() as usize, |tls| tls as usize);
    unsafe {
        syscall5(
            SYS_CLONE,
            clone_flags,
            child_stack,
            parent_tid_ptr,
            tls_ptr,
            child_tid_ptr,
        )
        .map(|ret| ret as pid_t)
    }
}