linux-kernel - [PATCH] unicore32, exec: remove redundant set_fs(USER

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Date:	Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:11:03 +0200
From:	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
To:	Guan Xuetao <gxt@...c.pku.edu.cn>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] unicore32, exec: remove redundant set_fs(USER_DS)

The address limit is already set in flush_old_exec() so this
set_fs(USER_DS) is redundant.

Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
---
 arch/unicore32/include/asm/processor.h |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/unicore32/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/unicore32/include/asm/processor.h
index e11cb07..f0d780a 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/unicore32/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ struct thread_struct {
 #define start_thread(regs, pc, sp)					\
 ({									\
 	unsigned long *stack = (unsigned long *)sp;			\
-	set_fs(USER_DS);						\
 	memset(regs->uregs, 0, sizeof(regs->uregs));			\
 	regs->UCreg_asr = USER_MODE;					\
 	regs->UCreg_pc = pc & ~1;	/* pc */                        \
-- 
1.5.6.5

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