Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git...

[linux-2.6-block.git] / arch / x86 / kernel / entry_64.S

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index 673f693fb45131aec07012fb71233b5459e3788f..0697ff139837644f170f032ae525d9e112c71681 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -1166,63 +1166,20 @@ bad_gs:
        jmp  2b
        .previous
 
-/*
- * Create a kernel thread.
- *
- * C extern interface:
- *     extern long kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void * arg, unsigned long flags)
- *
- * asm input arguments:
- *     rdi: fn, rsi: arg, rdx: flags
- */
-ENTRY(kernel_thread)
-       CFI_STARTPROC
-       FAKE_STACK_FRAME $child_rip
-       SAVE_ALL
-
-       # rdi: flags, rsi: usp, rdx: will be &pt_regs
-       movq %rdx,%rdi
-       orq  kernel_thread_flags(%rip),%rdi
-       movq $-1, %rsi
-       movq %rsp, %rdx
-
-       xorl %r8d,%r8d
-       xorl %r9d,%r9d
-
-       # clone now
-       call do_fork
-       movq %rax,RAX(%rsp)
-       xorl %edi,%edi
-
-       /*
-        * It isn't worth to check for reschedule here,
-        * so internally to the x86_64 port you can rely on kernel_thread()
-        * not to reschedule the child before returning, this avoids the need
-        * of hacks for example to fork off the per-CPU idle tasks.
-        * [Hopefully no generic code relies on the reschedule -AK]
-        */
-       RESTORE_ALL
-       UNFAKE_STACK_FRAME
-       ret
-       CFI_ENDPROC
-END(kernel_thread)
-
-ENTRY(child_rip)
+ENTRY(kernel_thread_helper)
        pushq $0                # fake return address
        CFI_STARTPROC
        /*
         * Here we are in the child and the registers are set as they were
         * at kernel_thread() invocation in the parent.
         */
-       movq %rdi, %rax
-       movq %rsi, %rdi
-       call *%rax
+       call *%rsi
        # exit
        mov %eax, %edi
        call do_exit
        ud2                     # padding for call trace
        CFI_ENDPROC
-END(child_rip)
+END(kernel_thread_helper)
 
 /*
  * execve(). This function needs to use IRET, not SYSRET, to set up all state properly.