linux-kernel - [PATCH 1 of 5] xen: don't reload cr3 on suspend

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Message-Id: <ec2a7259b60569d0cf73.1224031840@abulafia.goop.org>
Date:	Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:50:40 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@...inux.co.jp>
Subject: [PATCH 1 of 5] xen: don't reload cr3 on suspend

It isn't necessary, and it makes the code needlessly non-portable.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
---
 drivers/xen/manage.c |    2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/manage.c b/drivers/xen/manage.c
--- a/drivers/xen/manage.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/manage.c
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
 	int err;
 
 	BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled());
-
-	load_cr3(swapper_pg_dir);
 
 	err = device_power_down(PMSG_SUSPEND);
 	if (err) {


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