RosettaCodeData/Task/Fork/X86-Assembly/fork.x86

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; x86_64 linux nasm
%include "/home/james/Desktop/ASM_LIB/Print.asm"
%include "/home/james/Desktop/ASM_LIB/Sleep.asm"
section .data
parent: db "Parent: "
child: db "Child: "
newLine: db 10
section .text
global _start
_start:
mov rax, 57 ; fork syscall
syscall
cmp rax, 0 ; if the return value is 0, we're in the child process
je printChild
printParent: ; else it's the child's PID, we're in the parent
mov rax, 1
mov rdi, 1
mov rsi, parent
mov rdx, 8
syscall
mov rax, 39 ; sys_getpid
syscall
mov rdi, rax
call Print_Unsigned
mov rax, 1
mov rdi, 1
mov rsi, newLine
mov rdx, 1
syscall
mov rdi, 1 ; sleep so the child process can print befor the parent exits
call Sleep ; you might not see the child output if you don't do this
jmp exit
printChild:
mov rdi, 1
call Sleep ; sleep and wait for parent to print to screen first
mov rax, 1
mov rdi, 1
mov rsi, child
mov rdx, 7
syscall
mov rax, 39 ; sys_getpid
syscall
mov rdi, rax
call Print_Unsigned
mov rax, 1
mov rdi, 1
mov rsi, newLine
mov rdx, 1
syscall
exit:
mov rax, 60
mov rdi, 0
syscall