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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2012-09-21 19:55:31 -0400
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2012-09-30 13:35:55 -0400
commit2aa3a7f8660355c3dddead17e224545c1a3d5a5f (patch)
treed106fcaeb6b66e09591cf8ec28c836be93f4d837 /arch/Kconfig
parenta4d94ff8aa864c05b33c2de1f8c5d0176d7a4b63 (diff)
downloadlinux-2aa3a7f8660355c3dddead17e224545c1a3d5a5f.tar.gz
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 <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 72f2fa189cc5..d397e11d167d 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -258,6 +258,9 @@ config ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
 	select ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 	bool
 
+config GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
+	bool
+
 config HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
 	bool
 	help