linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.28-rc2] x86_64: remove duplicated register setup code in ia32 signal delivery

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Date:	Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:44:32 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>
Cc:	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.28-rc2] x86_64: remove duplicated register setup
	code in ia32 signal delivery


* Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se> wrote:

> ia32_setup_rt_frame() has a duplicated code block labelled
> "Make -mregparm=3 work" for setting up the register parameters
> to the user-mode signal handler.
> 
> This is harmless but ugly. Remove the redundant assignments.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>
> ---
>  arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c |    5 -----
>  1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

applied to tip/x86/cleanups, thanks Mikael!

	Ingo
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