1 files changed, 20 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
index 145473909199..6b33ecdbc534 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
@@ -259,33 +259,35 @@ alpha_vfork(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 /*
  * Copy an alpha thread..
- *
- * Note the "stack_offset" stuff: when returning to kernel mode, we need
- * to have some extra stack-space for the kernel stack that still exists
- * after the "ret_from_fork".  When returning to user mode, we only want
- * the space needed by the syscall stack frame (ie "struct pt_regs").
- * Use the passed "regs" pointer to determine how much space we need
- * for a kernel fork().
  */
 
 int
 copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
-	    unsigned long unused,
+	    unsigned long arg,
 	    struct task_struct * p, struct pt_regs * regs)
 {
 	extern void ret_from_fork(void);
+	extern void ret_from_kernel_thread(void);
 
 	struct thread_info *childti = task_thread_info(p);
-	struct pt_regs * childregs;
-	struct switch_stack * childstack, *stack;
-	unsigned long stack_offset, settls;
-
-	stack_offset = PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(struct pt_regs);
-	if (!(regs->ps & 8))
-		stack_offset = (PAGE_SIZE-1) & (unsigned long) regs;
-	childregs = (struct pt_regs *)
-	  (stack_offset + PAGE_SIZE + task_stack_page(p));
-		
+	struct pt_regs *childregs = task_pt_regs(p);
+	struct switch_stack *childstack, *stack;
+	unsigned long settls;
+
+	childstack = ((struct switch_stack *) childregs) - 1;
+	if (unlikely(!regs)) {
+		/* kernel thread */
+		memset(childstack, 0,
+			sizeof(struct switch_stack) + sizeof(struct pt_regs));
+		childstack->r26 = (unsigned long) ret_from_kernel_thread;
+		childstack->r9 = usp;	/* function */
+		childstack->r10 = arg;
+		childregs->hae = alpha_mv.hae_cache,
+		childti->pcb.usp = 0;
+		childti->pcb.ksp = (unsigned long) childstack;
+		childti->pcb.flags = 1;	/* set FEN, clear everything else */
+		return 0;
+	}
 	*childregs = *regs;
 	settls = regs->r20;
 	childregs->r0 = 0;
@@ -293,7 +295,6 @@ copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
 	childregs->r20 = 1;	/* OSF/1 has some strange fork() semantics.  */
 	regs->r20 = 0;
 	stack = ((struct switch_stack *) regs) - 1;
-	childstack = ((struct switch_stack *) childregs) - 1;
 	*childstack = *stack;
 	childstack->r26 = (unsigned long) ret_from_fork;
 	childti->pcb.usp = usp;