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/frv/kernel/process.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/process.c b/arch/frv/kernel/process.c index 5d40aeb77..bca9f55 100644 --- a/arch/frv/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/frv/kernel/process.c @@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ inline unsigned long user_stack(const struct pt_regs *regs) } /* - * set up the kernel stack and exception frames for a new process + * Copy architecture-specific thread state */ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, - unsigned long usp, unsigned long arg, + unsigned long usp, unsigned long kthread_arg, struct task_struct *p) { struct pt_regs *childregs; @@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, p->thread.frame0 = childregs; if (unlikely(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) { + /* kernel thread */ childregs->gr9 = usp; /* function */ - childregs->gr8 = arg; + childregs->gr8 = kthread_arg; p->thread.pc = (unsigned long) ret_from_kernel_thread; save_user_regs(p->thread.user); return 0; -- 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/

