linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] openrisc: move sys_clone's stack determination to copy

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Date:	Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:16:18 +0200
From:	Jonas Bonn <jonas@...thpole.se>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] openrisc: move sys_clone's stack determination to
 copy_thread

On Thu, 2012-10-25 at 16:55 +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 05:46:38PM +0200, Jonas Bonn wrote:
> > +		else
> > +			userregs->sp = regs->sp;	/* fork/clone */
> 
> What for?  userregs->sp will be equal to regs->sp at that point, unless
> your compiler is very badly broken.  You've copied *regs to *userregs
> wholesale, just above that if...

So true... that makes it even simpler.  Will resend.
/Jonas

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