From df59e7bf439918f523ac29e996ec1eebbed60440 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Gerst Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:34:44 -0500 Subject: x86: Merge kernel_thread() Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst LKML-Reference: <1260380084-3707-6-git-send-email-brgerst@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin --- arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c | 36 ------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 36 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c') diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c index f2e8b05a4f0..ccf234266a2 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c @@ -192,42 +192,6 @@ void show_regs(struct pt_regs *regs) show_trace(NULL, regs, ®s->sp, regs->bp); } -/* - * This gets run with %si containing the - * function to call, and %di containing - * the "args". - */ -extern void kernel_thread_helper(void); - -/* - * Create a kernel thread - */ -int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags) -{ - struct pt_regs regs; - - memset(®s, 0, sizeof(regs)); - - regs.si = (unsigned long) fn; - regs.di = (unsigned long) arg; - -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 - regs.ds = __USER_DS; - regs.es = __USER_DS; - regs.fs = __KERNEL_PERCPU; - regs.gs = __KERNEL_STACK_CANARY; -#endif - - regs.orig_ax = -1; - regs.ip = (unsigned long) kernel_thread_helper; - regs.cs = __KERNEL_CS | get_kernel_rpl(); - regs.flags = X86_EFLAGS_IF | 0x2; - - /* Ok, create the new process.. */ - return do_fork(flags | CLONE_VM | CLONE_UNTRACED, 0, ®s, 0, NULL, NULL); -} -EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread); - void release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task) { BUG_ON(dead_task->mm); -- cgit v1.2.3