linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/32] do_fork(): Rename 'stack

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Date:	Fri, 13 Mar 2015 18:18:22 +0000
From:	Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@...hat.com>
To:	Alex Dowad <alexinbeijing@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...t.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/32] do_fork(): Rename 'stack_size' argument to reflect
 actual use

On Fri 2015-03-13 20:04 +0200, Alex Dowad wrote:
> The 'stack_size' argument is never used to pass a stack size. It's only used when
> forking a kernel thread, in which case it is an argument which should be passed
> to the 'main' function which the kernel thread executes. Hence, rename it to
> 'kthread_arg'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Dowad <alexinbeijing@...il.com>
> ---

AFAICT this clean up looks OK and should improve readability. Thanks.

-- 
Aaron Tomlin

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