[PATCH 07/32] blackfin: copy_thread(): rename 'topstk' argument to 'kthread_arg'

[Alex Dowad]

'topstk' is a misnomer: it is not a pointer to the top of a stack. Rather, it is
an argument passed to the main function executed by a new kernel thread.

Signed-off-by: Alex Dowad <alexinbeijing@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c
index 4aa5545..81cdd5f 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c
@@ -109,9 +109,12 @@ asmlinkage int bfin_clone(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long newsp)
 	return do_fork(clone_flags, newsp, 0, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Copy architecture-specific thread state
+ */
 int
 copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags,
-	    unsigned long usp, unsigned long topstk,
+	    unsigned long usp, unsigned long kthread_arg,
 	    struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	struct pt_regs *childregs;
@@ -120,14 +123,16 @@ copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	childregs = (struct pt_regs *) (task_stack_page(p) + THREAD_SIZE) - 1;
 	v = ((unsigned long *)childregs) - 2;
 	if (unlikely(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) {
+		/* kernel thread */
 		memset(childregs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
 		v[0] = usp;
-		v[1] = topstk;
+		v[1] = kthread_arg;
 		childregs->orig_p0 = -1;
 		childregs->ipend = 0x8000;
 		__asm__ __volatile__("%0 = syscfg;":"=da"(childregs->syscfg):);
 		p->thread.usp = 0;
 	} else {
+		/* user thread */
 		*childregs = *current_pt_regs();
 		childregs->r0 = 0;
 		p->thread.usp = usp ? : rdusp();
-- 
2.0.0.GIT

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