Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751138AbVKJAoF (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2005 19:44:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751140AbVKJAoF (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2005 19:44:05 -0500 Received: from mailout1.vmware.com ([65.113.40.130]:4106 "EHLO mailout1.vmware.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751138AbVKJAoE (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2005 19:44:04 -0500 Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 16:44:03 -0800 Message-Id: <200511100044.jAA0i3Dd028394@zach-dev.vmware.com> Subject: [PATCH 8/10] Stop deleting nt From: Zachary Amsden To: Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List , "H. Peter Anvin" , Zwane Mwaikambo , Pratap Subrahmanyam , Christopher Li , "Eric W. Biederman" , Ingo Molnar , Zachary Amsden X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Nov 2005 00:44:03.0516 (UTC) FILETIME=[D916C7C0:01C5E58F] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 908 Lines: 25 Stop deleting NT bit from EFLAGS. See arch/i386/kernel/head.S line 223, which does something even better. Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden Index: linux-2.6.14/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.14.orig/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c 2005-11-09 01:46:44.000000000 -0800 +++ linux-2.6.14/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c 2005-11-09 06:13:51.000000000 -0800 @@ -604,11 +604,6 @@ load_idt(&idt_descr); /* - * Delete NT - */ - __asm__("pushfl ; andl $0xffffbfff,(%esp) ; popfl"); - - /* * Set up and load the per-CPU TSS and LDT */ atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/