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 <[email protected]> --- arch/parisc/kernel/process.c | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c index 8a488c2..809905a 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c @@ -181,9 +181,12 @@ int dump_task_fpu (struct task_struct *tsk, elf_fpregset_t *r) return 1; } +/* + * Copy architecture-specific thread state + */ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp, - unsigned long arg, struct task_struct *p) + unsigned long kthread_arg, struct task_struct *p) { struct pt_regs *cregs = &(p->thread.regs); void *stack = task_stack_page(p); @@ -195,11 +198,10 @@ copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp, extern void * const child_return; if (unlikely(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) { + /* kernel thread */ memset(cregs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs)); if (!usp) /* idle thread */ return 0; - - /* kernel thread */ /* Must exit via ret_from_kernel_thread in order * to call schedule_tail() */ @@ -215,7 +217,7 @@ copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp, #else cregs->gr[26] = usp; #endif - cregs->gr[25] = arg; + cregs->gr[25] = kthread_arg; } else { /* user thread */ /* usp must be word aligned. This also prevents users from -- 2.0.0.GIT -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
