From: Heiko Carstens <[email protected]>
Early init code clears the backchain of the initial kernel stack frame.
This is not necessary since it is pre initialized with zeros. Plus it
was broken on 64 bit since it cleared only four of eight bytes.
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <[email protected]>
---
arch/s390/kernel/head31.S | 1 -
arch/s390/kernel/head64.S | 1 -
2 files changed, 2 deletions(-)
Index: quilt-2.6/arch/s390/kernel/head31.S
===================================================================
--- quilt-2.6.orig/arch/s390/kernel/head31.S
+++ quilt-2.6/arch/s390/kernel/head31.S
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ startup_continue:
ahi %r15,1<<(PAGE_SHIFT+THREAD_ORDER) # init_task_union+THREAD_SIZE
st %r15,__LC_KERNEL_STACK # set end of kernel stack
ahi %r15,-96
- xc __SF_BACKCHAIN(4,%r15),__SF_BACKCHAIN(%r15) # clear backchain
#
# Save ipl parameters, clear bss memory, initialize storage key for kernel pages,
# and create a kernel NSS if the SAVESYS= parm is defined
Index: quilt-2.6/arch/s390/kernel/head64.S
===================================================================
--- quilt-2.6.orig/arch/s390/kernel/head64.S
+++ quilt-2.6/arch/s390/kernel/head64.S
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ startup_continue:
aghi %r15,1<<(PAGE_SHIFT+THREAD_ORDER) # init_task_union + THREAD_SIZE
stg %r15,__LC_KERNEL_STACK # set end of kernel stack
aghi %r15,-160
- xc __SF_BACKCHAIN(4,%r15),__SF_BACKCHAIN(%r15) # clear backchain
#
# Save ipl parameters, clear bss memory, initialize storage key for kernel pages,
# and create a kernel NSS if the SAVESYS= parm is defined
--
blue skies,
Martin.
"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.