[PATCH 7/8] powerpc: copy_thread don't set _TIF_RESTOREALL

[Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>]

In the kernel user thread path, don't set _TIF_RESTOREALL because the
thread is required to call kernel_execve() before it returns, which will
set _TIF_RESTOREALL if necessary via start_thread().

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt_64.S | 5 +++++
 arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c      | 2 --
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt_64.S
index 90370b89905b..f53012254fca 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt_64.S
@@ -748,6 +748,11 @@ _GLOBAL(ret_from_kernel_user_thread)
 #endif
 	bctrl
 	li	r3,0
+	/*
+	 * It does not matter whether this returns via the scv or sc path
+	 * because it returns as execve() and therefore has no calling ABI
+	 * (i.e., it sets registers according to the exec()ed entry point).
+	 */
 	b	.Lsyscall_exit
 
 _GLOBAL(start_kernel_thread)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 53215cdb19dd..e67597fd998f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1746,7 +1746,6 @@ int copy_thread(struct task_struct *p, const struct kernel_clone_args *args)
 	extern void start_kernel_thread(void);
 	void (*f)(void);
 	unsigned long sp = (unsigned long)task_stack_page(p) + THREAD_SIZE;
-	struct thread_info *ti = task_thread_info(p);
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
 	int i;
 #endif
@@ -1786,7 +1785,6 @@ int copy_thread(struct task_struct *p, const struct kernel_clone_args *args)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 			childregs->softe = IRQS_ENABLED;
 #endif
-			ti->flags |= _TIF_RESTOREALL;
 			f = ret_from_kernel_user_thread;
 		} else {
 			struct pt_regs *regs = current_pt_regs();
-- 
2.37.2