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/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 */
--
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