linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86: signal: cosmetic unification of sys_rt

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Date:	Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:08:12 -0800
From:	Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86: signal: cosmetic unification of sys_rt_sigreturn()

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
>>  
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
>>  asmlinkage int sys_rt_sigreturn(unsigned long __unused)
>>  {
>>  	struct pt_regs *regs = (struct pt_regs *)&__unused;
>>  
>>  	return do_rt_sigreturn(regs);
>>  }
> 
> Why not:
> 
> asmlinkage int sys_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs regs)
> {
> 	return do_rt_sigreturn(&regs);
> }
> 
> ...?

Good question. I didn't realize about that.
Will take a look.

thanks,
Hiroshi Shimamoto
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