linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86: kprobes: Remove remove bogus preempt

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Date:	Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:52:38 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
cc:	x86@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86: kprobes: Remove remove bogus preempt_enable

The CONFIG_PREEMPT=n section of setup_singlestep() contains:

    preempt_enable_no_resched();

That's bogus in the CONFIG_PREEMPT=n section and it just never blew up
because preempt_enable_no_resched() is a NOP there. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c |    1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6-tip/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-tip.orig/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ linux-2.6-tip/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -475,7 +475,6 @@ static void __kprobes setup_singlestep(s
 		 * stepping.
 		 */
 		regs->ip = (unsigned long)p->ainsn.insn;
-		preempt_enable_no_resched();
 		return;
 	}
 #endif
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