From: rkuo <rkuo@codeaurora.org>
To: Alex Dowad <alexinbeijing@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"open list:QUALCOMM HEXAGON..." <linux-hexagon@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/32] hexagon: copy_thread(): rename 'arg' argument to 'kthread_arg'
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:25:18 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150316162518.GA15501@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1426270496-26362-2-git-send-email-alexinbeijing@gmail.com>
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 08:14:35PM +0200, Alex Dowad wrote:
> 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@gmail.com>
> ---
> arch/hexagon/kernel/process.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/process.c b/arch/hexagon/kernel/process.c
> index 0a0dd5c..6f27358 100644
> --- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/process.c
> +++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/process.c
> @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ unsigned long thread_saved_pc(struct task_struct *tsk)
> * 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 hexagon_switch_stack *ss;
> @@ -94,10 +94,11 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
> ss->lr = (unsigned long)ret_from_fork;
> p->thread.switch_sp = ss;
> if (unlikely(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) {
> + /* kernel thread */
> memset(childregs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
> /* r24 <- fn, r25 <- arg */
> ss->r24 = usp;
> - ss->r25 = arg;
> + ss->r25 = kthread_arg;
> pt_set_kmode(childregs);
> return 0;
> }
> --
> 2.0.0.GIT
>
Acked-by: Richard Kuo <rkuo@codeaurora.org>
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2015-03-13 18:14 ` [PATCH 12/32] hexagon: copy_thread(): rename 'arg' argument to 'kthread_arg' Alex Dowad
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