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

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Message-Id: <1307711353-5949-1-git-send-email-minipli@googlemail.com>
Date:	Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:09:13 +0200
From:	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
To:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
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] blackfin, 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/blackfin/kernel/process.c |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c
index 6a660fa..6a80a9e 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread);
  */
 void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long new_ip, unsigned long new_sp)
 {
-	set_fs(USER_DS);
 	regs->pc = new_ip;
 	if (current->mm)
 		regs->p5 = current->mm->start_data;
-- 
1.5.6.5

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