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/mips/kernel/process.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c index bf85cc1..d295bd1 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c @@ -107,8 +107,11 @@ int arch_dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src) return 0; } +/* + * 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 pt_regs *childregs, *regs = current_pt_regs(); @@ -123,11 +126,12 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp, childksp = (unsigned long) childregs; p->thread.cp0_status = read_c0_status() & ~(ST0_CU2|ST0_CU1); if (unlikely(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) { + /* kernel thread */ unsigned long status = p->thread.cp0_status; memset(childregs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs)); ti->addr_limit = KERNEL_DS; p->thread.reg16 = usp; /* fn */ - p->thread.reg17 = arg; + p->thread.reg17 = kthread_arg; p->thread.reg29 = childksp; p->thread.reg31 = (unsigned long) ret_from_kernel_thread; #if defined(CONFIG_CPU_R3000) || defined(CONFIG_CPU_TX39XX) @@ -139,6 +143,8 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp, childregs->cp0_status = status; return 0; } + + /* user thread */ *childregs = *regs; childregs->regs[7] = 0; /* Clear error flag */ childregs->regs[2] = 0; /* Child gets zero as return value */ -- 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/
