* [patch 0/6] remove non-functional code in ia64_leave_syscall
@ 2006-01-31 10:16 Chen, Kenneth W
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From: Chen, Kenneth W @ 2006-01-31 10:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-ia64
In syscall leave path, cr.ifs gets the value direct from the
cover instruction. We never want to restore cr.ifs from the
pt_regs. The setting of p9 in ia64_leave_syscall is spurious
and unnecessary. (in the later part, it is reset to 0). This
patch cleans up the code.
Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com>
--- ./arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S.orig 2006-01-31 02:44:56.406164880 -0800
+++ ./arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S 2006-01-31 03:08:49.949116069 -0800
@@ -739,7 +739,6 @@ ENTRY(ia64_leave_syscall)
;;
invala // M0|1 invalidate ALAT
rsm psr.i | psr.ic // M2 turn off interrupts and interruption collection
- cmp.eq p9,p0=r0,r0 // A set p9 to indicate that we should restore cr.ifs
ld8 r29=[r2],16 // M0|1 load cr.ipsr
ld8 r28=[r3],16 // M0|1 load cr.iip
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