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Date:	Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:30:57 +0100 (MET)
From:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>
To:	mingo@...hat.com
Cc:	hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: [PATCH 2.6.28-rc2] x86_64: remove duplicated register setup code in ia32 signal delivery

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(-)

diff -rupN linux-2.6.28-rc2/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c linux-2.6.28-rc2.x86-signals-fixes/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
--- linux-2.6.28-rc2/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c	2008-10-26 21:35:33.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.28-rc2.x86-signals-fixes/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c	2008-10-27 08:14:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -572,11 +572,6 @@ int ia32_setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct 
 	regs->dx = (unsigned long) &frame->info;
 	regs->cx = (unsigned long) &frame->uc;
 
-	/* Make -mregparm=3 work */
-	regs->ax = sig;
-	regs->dx = (unsigned long) &frame->info;
-	regs->cx = (unsigned long) &frame->uc;
-
 	loadsegment(ds, __USER32_DS);
 	loadsegment(es, __USER32_DS);
 
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