linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next V10 06/10] riscv: entry: Consolidate ret_from_kernel_thread into ret_from

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Date:   Thu, 08 Dec 2022 11:12:02 +0100
From:   Björn Töpel <bjorn@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH -next V10 06/10] riscv: entry: Consolidate
 ret_from_kernel_thread into ret_from_fork

guoren@...nel.org writes:

> From: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...nel.org>
>
> The ret_from_kernel_thread() behaves similarly with ret_from_fork(),
> the only difference is whether call the fn(arg) or not, this can be
> achieved by testing fn is NULL or not, I.E s0 is 0 or not. Many
> architectures have done the same thing, it make entry.S more clean.

Nit: "it makes".


Björn