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 <alexinbeijing@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/alpha/kernel/process.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c index 1941a07..84d1326 100644 --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c @@ -236,12 +236,11 @@ release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task) } /* - * Copy an alpha thread.. + * Copy architecture-specific thread state */ - int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp, - unsigned long arg, + unsigned long kthread_arg, struct task_struct *p) { extern void ret_from_fork(void); @@ -262,7 +261,7 @@ copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp, sizeof(struct switch_stack) + sizeof(struct pt_regs)); childstack->r26 = (unsigned long) ret_from_kernel_thread; childstack->r9 = usp; /* function */ - childstack->r10 = arg; + childstack->r10 = kthread_arg; childregs->hae = alpha_mv.hae_cache, childti->pcb.usp = 0; return 0; -- 2.0.0.GIT -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-alpha" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html