linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.10 18/48] ARC: Entry Handler tweaks: Simplify branch for in-kernel preemption

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Date:	Sun, 11 May 2014 21:19:52 +0200
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...opsys.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.10 18/48] ARC: Entry Handler tweaks: Simplify branch for in-kernel preemption

3.10-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...opsys.com>

commit 147aece29b15051173eb1e767018135361cdba89 upstream.

Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...opsys.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/arc/kernel/entry.S |    8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S
@@ -589,11 +589,7 @@ ARC_ENTRY ret_from_exception
 	; Pre-{IRQ,Trap,Exception} K/U mode from pt_regs->status32
 	ld  r8, [sp, PT_status32]   ; returning to User/Kernel Mode
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
 	bbit0  r8, STATUS_U_BIT, resume_kernel_mode
-#else
-	bbit0  r8, STATUS_U_BIT, restore_regs
-#endif
 
 	; Before returning to User mode check-for-and-complete any pending work
 	; such as rescheduling/signal-delivery etc.
@@ -653,10 +649,10 @@ resume_user_mode_begin:
 	b      resume_user_mode_begin	; unconditionally back to U mode ret chks
 					; for single exit point from this block
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
-
 resume_kernel_mode:
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
+
 	; Can't preempt if preemption disabled
 	GET_CURR_THR_INFO_FROM_SP   r10
 	ld  r8, [r10, THREAD_INFO_PREEMPT_COUNT]


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