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Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:19:53 -0700 From: "Anirban Sinha" <ASinha@...gmasystems.com> To: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: do_exit Hi all: I have a small question regarding the function do_exit(). At the very beginning of the function, it takes a reference (tsk) to "current" and then it passes this reference to other functions. I am wondering where there is any reason for not passing "current" directly in this case. Does current gets clobbered/not trustable in this case? If we could pass current directly, lot of the other functions could be cleaned up and made to pass one less parameter. Just curious. Thanks Ani -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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