sched/x86: Pass kernel thread parameters in 'struct fork_frame'
authorBrian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Sat, 13 Aug 2016 16:38:20 +0000 (12:38 -0400)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Wed, 24 Aug 2016 10:31:50 +0000 (12:31 +0200)
commit616d24835eeafa8ef3466479db028abfdfc77531
tree855895f0566a9c7b7b1996cbee1a384995b5a068
parent0100301bfdf56a2a370c7157b5ab0fbf9313e1cd
sched/x86: Pass kernel thread parameters in 'struct fork_frame'

Instead of setting up a fake pt_regs context, put the kernel thread
function pointer and arg into the unused callee-restored registers
of 'struct fork_frame'.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1471106302-10159-6-git-send-email-brgerst@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h
arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c