linux-kernel - [patch 06/16] x86/entry/64: Remove error code clearing from #DB and #MCE ASM stub

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Date:   Tue, 25 Feb 2020 23:33:27 +0100
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: [patch 06/16] x86/entry/64: Remove error code clearing from #DB and #MCE ASM stub

The C entry point do not expect an error code.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S |    1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -631,7 +631,6 @@ SYM_CODE_START(\asmsym)
 	.endif
 
 	movq	%rsp, %rdi		/* pt_regs pointer */
-	xorl	%esi, %esi		/* Clear the error code */
 
 	.if \vector == X86_TRAP_DB
 		subq	$DB_STACK_OFFSET, CPU_TSS_IST(IST_INDEX_DB)