linux-kernel - Re: [23/32] powerpc: copy_thread(): rename 'arg' argument to 'kthread

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Date:	Fri, 20 Mar 2015 10:54:34 +1100
From:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:	Alex Dowad <alexinbeijing@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Michael Neuling <mikey@...ling.org>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>,
	Vineeth Vijayan <vvijayan@...sta.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	"open list:LINUX FOR POWERPC..." <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [23/32] powerpc: copy_thread(): rename 'arg' argument to
 'kthread_arg'

On Thu, 2015-03-19 at 09:22 +0200, Alex Dowad wrote:
> On 19/03/15 08:45, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > On Fri, 2015-13-03 at 18:14:46 UTC, Alex Dowad wrote:
> >> The 'arg' argument to copy_thread() is only ever used when forking a new
> >> kernel thread. Hence, rename it to 'kthread_arg' for clarity (and consistency
> >> with do_fork() and other arch-specific implementations of copy_thread()).
> >   
> > I don't understand the bit about consistency with do_fork() ?

> This series of patches includes one patch which renames the arg for 
> do_fork(), and others which rename the same arg for each arch-specific 
> implementation of copy_thread(). So if all of them are accepted and 
> merged, then all will be consistent. If only some of the patches are 
> accepted, I will rewrite the commit message so it doesn't mention 
> "consistency".

Ah OK, I only got patch 23, so I missed the context of the whole series.

I'll apply this one to the powerpc tree.

cheers


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