From 2aa3a7f8660355c3dddead17e224545c1a3d5a5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:55:31 -0400 Subject: preparation for generic kernel_thread() Let architectures select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD and have their copy_thread() treat NULL regs as "it came from kernel_thread(), sp argument contains the function new thread will be calling and stack_size - the argument for that function". Switching the architectures begins shortly... Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- include/linux/sched.h | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux/sched.h') diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index 23bddac4bad8..34da9340c6a4 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -2325,6 +2325,9 @@ extern int do_execve(const char *, const char __user * const __user *, struct pt_regs *); extern long do_fork(unsigned long, unsigned long, struct pt_regs *, unsigned long, int __user *, int __user *); struct task_struct *fork_idle(int); +#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD +extern pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags); +#endif extern void set_task_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, char *from); extern char *get_task_comm(char *to, struct task_struct *tsk); -- cgit v1.2.3