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/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 -- 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/

