The 'arg' argument to copy_thread() is only ever used when forking a new
kernel thread. Hence, rename it to 'kthread_arg' for clarity (and consistency
with do_fork() and other arch-specific implementations of copy_thread()).
Signed-off-by: Alex Dowad <alexinbeij...@gmail.com>
---
arch/alpha/kernel/process.c | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
index 1941a07..84d1326 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
@@ -236,12 +236,11 @@ release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task)
}
/*
- * Copy an alpha thread..
+ * Copy architecture-specific thread state
*/
-
int
copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
- unsigned long arg,
+ unsigned long kthread_arg,
struct task_struct *p)
{
extern void ret_from_fork(void);
@@ -262,7 +261,7 @@ copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
sizeof(struct switch_stack) + sizeof(struct pt_regs));
childstack->r26 = (unsigned long) ret_from_kernel_thread;
childstack->r9 = usp; /* function */
- childstack->r10 = arg;
+ childstack->r10 = kthread_arg;
childregs->hae = alpha_mv.hae_cache,
childti->pcb.usp = 0;
return 0;
--
2.0.0.GIT
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