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authorBrian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>2009-12-09 12:34:42 -0500
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2009-12-10 18:55:36 -0500
commite840227c141116171c89ab1abb5cc9fee6fdb488 (patch)
tree786ac8591fc89272a6a118d2e1b4ad9b3e7eff32 /arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
parentfa4b8f84383ae197e643a46c36bf58ab8dffc95c (diff)
x86, 32-bit: Use same regs as 64-bit for kernel_thread_helper
The arg should be in %eax, but that is clobbered by the return value of clone. The function pointer can be in any register. Also, don't push args onto the stack, since regparm(3) is the normal calling convention now. Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <1260380084-3707-4-git-send-email-brgerst@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
index 506d5a7ba17c..bd874d2b6ab1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ void show_regs(struct pt_regs *regs)
193} 193}
194 194
195/* 195/*
196 * This gets run with %bx containing the 196 * This gets run with %si containing the
197 * function to call, and %dx containing 197 * function to call, and %di containing
198 * the "args". 198 * the "args".
199 */ 199 */
200extern void kernel_thread_helper(void); 200extern void kernel_thread_helper(void);
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
208 208
209 memset(&regs, 0, sizeof(regs)); 209 memset(&regs, 0, sizeof(regs));
210 210
211 regs.bx = (unsigned long) fn; 211 regs.si = (unsigned long) fn;
212 regs.dx = (unsigned long) arg; 212 regs.di = (unsigned long) arg;
213 213
214 regs.ds = __USER_DS; 214 regs.ds = __USER_DS;
215 regs.es = __USER_DS; 215 regs.es = __USER_DS;