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/avr32/kernel/process.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/process.c b/arch/avr32/kernel/process.c
index 42a53e74..a255bd3 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/process.c
@@ -279,20 +279,25 @@ asmlinkage void ret_from_fork(void);
asmlinkage void ret_from_kernel_thread(void);
asmlinkage void syscall_return(void);
+/*
+ * 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)
{
struct pt_regs *childregs = task_pt_regs(p);
if (unlikely(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) {
+ /* kernel thread */
memset(childregs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
- p->thread.cpu_context.r0 = arg;
+ p->thread.cpu_context.r0 = kthread_arg;
p->thread.cpu_context.r1 = usp; /* fn */
p->thread.cpu_context.r2 = (unsigned long)syscall_return;
p->thread.cpu_context.pc = (unsigned
long)ret_from_kernel_thread;
childregs->sr = MODE_SUPERVISOR;
} else {
+ /* user thread */
*childregs = *current_pt_regs();
if (usp)
childregs->sp = usp;
--
2.0.0.GIT
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