linux-kernel - [PATCH -tip] [Cleanup] x86/x86-64: Remove unused thread_return label from switch

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Message-ID: <20091105160359.5181.26225.stgit@harusame>
Date:	Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:03:59 -0500
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	systemtap <systemtap@...rces.redhat.com>,
	DLE <dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: [PATCH -tip] [Cleanup] x86/x86-64: Remove unused thread_return label
	from switch_to()

Remove unused thread_return label from switch_to() macro on x86-64.
Since this symbol cuts into schedule(), backtrace at the latter
half of schedule() was always shown as thread_return().

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---

 arch/x86/include/asm/system.h |    2 --
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h
index f08f973..1a953e2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ do {									\
 	     "movq %%rsp,%P[threadrsp](%[prev])\n\t" /* save RSP */	  \
 	     "movq %P[threadrsp](%[next]),%%rsp\n\t" /* restore RSP */	  \
 	     "call __switch_to\n\t"					  \
-	     ".globl thread_return\n"					  \
-	     "thread_return:\n\t"					  \
 	     "movq "__percpu_arg([current_task])",%%rsi\n\t"		  \
 	     __switch_canary						  \
 	     "movq %P[thread_info](%%rsi),%%r8\n\t"			  \


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
Software Solutions Division

e-mail: mhiramat@...hat.com
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