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authorHarvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>2008-01-30 13:33:16 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-01-30 13:33:16 +0100
commitf6e8e28410c017adb273983057023a17a8791ad3 (patch)
tree35dbd728a9838158d74947112b09c2530e331aeb /include
parentdbe3533b7f687402651e893d5b3a7b66f22d6487 (diff)
x86: rename stack_pointer to kernel_trap_sp
Choose a less generic name for such a special case. Add a comment explaining the odd use in X86_32. Change the one user of stack_pointer. Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/asm-x86/ptrace.h8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/ptrace.h b/include/asm-x86/ptrace.h
index 79d5b8fcd7b..d9e04b46a44 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/ptrace.h
@@ -182,7 +182,13 @@ static inline int v8086_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
#endif
}
-static inline unsigned long stack_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs)
+/*
+ * X86_32 CPUs don't save ss and esp if the CPU is already in kernel mode
+ * when it traps. So regs will be the current sp.
+ *
+ * This is valid only for kernel mode traps.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long kernel_trap_sp(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
return (unsigned long)regs;