sched/x86: Pass kernel thread parameters in 'struct fork_frame'

Instead of setting up a fake pt_regs context, put the kernel thread
function pointer and arg into the unused callee-restored registers
of 'struct fork_frame'.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1471106302-10159-6-git-send-email-brgerst@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Brian Gerst
2016-08-13 12:38:20 -04:00
committed by Ingo Molnar
parent 0100301bfd
commit 616d24835e
5 changed files with 41 additions and 59 deletions

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@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ static inline void prepare_switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
#endif
}
asmlinkage void ret_from_fork(void);
/* data that is pointed to by thread.sp */
struct inactive_task_frame {
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64