Apply appropriate changes from main branch to bring win0405-branch up

[pintos-anon] / src / threads / thread.c

diff --git a/src/threads/thread.c b/src/threads/thread.c
index 0a606b76d19dc4374fd84566e9bf9d861d346caa..1e5a7d27179e928cb462a813200ed1a8518ccbf4 100644 (file)
--- a/src/threads/thread.c
+++ b/src/threads/thread.c
@@ -118,13 +118,15 @@ thread_print_stats (void)
 
 /* Creates a new kernel thread named NAME with the given initial
    PRIORITY, which executes FUNCTION passing AUX as the argument,
-   and adds it to the ready queue.  If thread_start() has been
-   called, then the new thread may be scheduled before
-   thread_create() returns.  It could even exit before
-   thread_create() returns.  Use a semaphore or some other form
-   of synchronization if you need to ensure ordering.  Returns
-   the thread identifier for the new thread, or TID_ERROR if
-   creation fails.
+   and adds it to the ready queue.  Returns the thread identifier
+   for the new thread, or TID_ERROR if creation fails.
+
+   If thread_start() has been called, then the new thread may be
+   scheduled before thread_create() returns.  It could even exit
+   before thread_create() returns.  Contrariwise, the original
+   thread may run for any amount of time before the new thread is
+   scheduled.  Use a semaphore or some other form of
+   synchronization if you need to ensure ordering.
 
    The code provided sets the new thread's `priority' member to
    PRIORITY, but no actual priority scheduling is implemented.
@@ -312,7 +314,7 @@ running_thread (void)
      down to the start of a page.  Because `struct thread' is
      always at the beginning of a page and the stack pointer is
      somewhere in the middle, this locates the curent thread. */
-  asm ("movl %%esp, %0\n" : "=g" (esp));
+  asm ("mov %0, %%esp" : "=g" (esp));
   return pg_round_down (esp);
 }