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/hexagon/kernel/process.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/process.c b/arch/hexagon/kernel/process.c
index 0a0dd5c..6f27358 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/process.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ unsigned long thread_saved_pc(struct task_struct *tsk)
  * 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 thread_info *ti = task_thread_info(p);
        struct hexagon_switch_stack *ss;
@@ -94,10 +94,11 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long 
usp,
        ss->lr = (unsigned long)ret_from_fork;
        p->thread.switch_sp = ss;
        if (unlikely(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) {
+               /* kernel thread */
                memset(childregs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
                /* r24 <- fn, r25 <- arg */
                ss->r24 = usp;
-               ss->r25 = arg;
+               ss->r25 = kthread_arg;
                pt_set_kmode(childregs);
                return 0;
        }
-- 
2.0.0.GIT

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