linux-kernel - [patch 08/10] x86/entry/32: Remove the 0/-1 distinction from exception entries

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Date:   Tue, 25 Feb 2020 22:36:44 +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 08/10] x86/entry/32: Remove the 0/-1 distinction from exception entries

Nothing cares about the -1 "mark as interrupt" in the errorcode anymore. Just
use 0 for all excpetions which do not have an errorcode consistently.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ SYM_CODE_END(simd_coprocessor_error)
 
 SYM_CODE_START(device_not_available)
 	ASM_CLAC
-	pushl	$-1				# mark this as an int
+	pushl	$0
 	pushl	$do_device_not_available
 	jmp	common_exception
 SYM_CODE_END(device_not_available)
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ SYM_CODE_START(debug)
 	 * Entry from sysenter is now handled in common_exception
 	 */
 	ASM_CLAC
-	pushl	$-1				# mark this as an int
+	pushl	$0
 	pushl	$do_debug
 	jmp	common_exception
 SYM_CODE_END(debug)
@@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@ SYM_CODE_END(nmi)
 
 SYM_CODE_START(int3)
 	ASM_CLAC
-	pushl	$-1				# mark this as an int
+	pushl	$0
 
 	SAVE_ALL switch_stacks=1
 	ENCODE_FRAME_POINTER