summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/arch/alpha
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorAlex Dowad <alexinbeijing@gmail.com>2015-03-13 21:04:17 +0300
committerMatt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>2015-05-26 20:01:49 +0300
commit9f7b2d1f02c5dae9c7fd59848681c88dc3741819 (patch)
treefa9194ff51dfcfb6ee9edd496cf63a63845d263e /arch/alpha
parent0bc25674a4a2ec32140e2f3f0b863cf87e566ad4 (diff)
downloadlinux-9f7b2d1f02c5dae9c7fd59848681c88dc3741819.tar.xz
alpha: copy_thread(): rename 'arg' argument to 'kthread_arg'
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> Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/alpha')
-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/kernel/process.c7
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
index 1941a07b5811..84d13263ce46 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;