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/sparc/kernel/process_32.c | 10 ++++++++--
 arch/sparc/kernel/process_64.c |  6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/process_32.c
index 50e7b62..ba6492f 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -305,8 +305,11 @@ asmlinkage int sparc_do_fork(unsigned long clone_flags,
 extern void ret_from_fork(void);
 extern void ret_from_kernel_thread(void);
 
+/*
+ * Copy architecture-specific thread state
+ */
 int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp,
-               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();
@@ -343,6 +346,7 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp,
        p->thread.kregs = childregs;
 
        if (unlikely(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) {
+               /* kernel thread */
                extern int nwindows;
                unsigned long psr;
                memset(new_stack, 0, STACKFRAME_SZ + TRACEREG_SZ);
@@ -350,12 +354,14 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long 
sp,
                p->thread.current_ds = KERNEL_DS;
                ti->kpc = (((unsigned long) ret_from_kernel_thread) - 0x8);
                childregs->u_regs[UREG_G1] = sp; /* function */
-               childregs->u_regs[UREG_G2] = arg;
+               childregs->u_regs[UREG_G2] = kthread_arg;
                psr = childregs->psr = get_psr();
                ti->kpsr = psr | PSR_PIL;
                ti->kwim = 1 << (((psr & PSR_CWP) + 1) % nwindows);
                return 0;
        }
+
+       /* user thread */
        memcpy(new_stack, (char *)regs - STACKFRAME_SZ, STACKFRAME_SZ + 
TRACEREG_SZ);
        childregs->u_regs[UREG_FP] = sp;
        p->thread.flags &= ~SPARC_FLAG_KTHREAD;
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/process_64.c
index 0be7bf9..3f203c8 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ asmlinkage long sparc_do_fork(unsigned long clone_flags,
  * Child  -->  %o0 == parents pid, %o1 == 1
  */
 int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp,
-               unsigned long arg, struct task_struct *p)
+               unsigned long kthread_arg, struct task_struct *p)
 {
        struct thread_info *t = task_thread_info(p);
        struct pt_regs *regs = current_pt_regs();
@@ -633,15 +633,17 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long 
sp,
        t->fpsaved[0] = 0;
 
        if (unlikely(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) {
+               /* kernel thread */
                memset(child_trap_frame, 0, child_stack_sz);
                __thread_flag_byte_ptr(t)[TI_FLAG_BYTE_CWP] = 
                        (current_pt_regs()->tstate + 1) & TSTATE_CWP;
                t->current_ds = ASI_P;
                t->kregs->u_regs[UREG_G1] = sp; /* function */
-               t->kregs->u_regs[UREG_G2] = arg;
+               t->kregs->u_regs[UREG_G2] = kthread_arg;
                return 0;
        }
 
+       /* user thread */
        parent_sf = ((struct sparc_stackf *) regs) - 1;
        memcpy(child_trap_frame, parent_sf, child_stack_sz);
        if (t->flags & _TIF_32BIT) {
-- 
2.0.0.GIT

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