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author | Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> | 2008-01-30 07:33:16 -0500 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-01-30 07:33:16 -0500 |
commit | f6e8e28410c017adb273983057023a17a8791ad3 (patch) | |
tree | 35dbd728a9838158d74947112b09c2530e331aeb /include/asm-x86/ptrace.h | |
parent | dbe3533b7f687402651e893d5b3a7b66f22d6487 (diff) |
x86: rename stack_pointer to kernel_trap_sp
Choose a less generic name for such a special case. Add
a comment explaining the odd use in X86_32.
Change the one user of stack_pointer.
Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/asm-x86/ptrace.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/asm-x86/ptrace.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/ptrace.h b/include/asm-x86/ptrace.h index 79d5b8fcd7b1..d9e04b46a440 100644 --- a/include/asm-x86/ptrace.h +++ b/include/asm-x86/ptrace.h | |||
@@ -182,7 +182,13 @@ static inline int v8086_mode(struct pt_regs *regs) | |||
182 | #endif | 182 | #endif |
183 | } | 183 | } |
184 | 184 | ||
185 | static inline unsigned long stack_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs) | 185 | /* |
186 | * X86_32 CPUs don't save ss and esp if the CPU is already in kernel mode | ||
187 | * when it traps. So regs will be the current sp. | ||
188 | * | ||
189 | * This is valid only for kernel mode traps. | ||
190 | */ | ||
191 | static inline unsigned long kernel_trap_sp(struct pt_regs *regs) | ||
186 | { | 192 | { |
187 | #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 | 193 | #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 |
188 | return (unsigned long)regs; | 194 | return (unsigned long)regs; |