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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 15:55:36 -0800
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 506d5a7ba17..bd874d2b6ab 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)
}
/*
- * This gets run with %bx containing the
- * function to call, and %dx containing
+ * This gets run with %si containing the
+ * function to call, and %di containing
* the "args".
*/
extern void kernel_thread_helper(void);
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
memset(&regs, 0, sizeof(regs));
- regs.bx = (unsigned long) fn;
- regs.dx = (unsigned long) arg;
+ regs.si = (unsigned long) fn;
+ regs.di = (unsigned long) arg;
regs.ds = __USER_DS;
regs.es = __USER_DS;