[PATCH] ppc, exec: remove redundant set_fs(USER_DS)

Mathias Krause minipli at googlemail.com
Fri Jun 10 23:10:22 EST 2011


The address limit is already set in flush_old_exec() so this
set_fs(USER_DS) is redundant.

Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli at googlemail.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c |    2 --
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 91e52df..885a2dd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -831,8 +831,6 @@ void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long start, unsigned long sp)
 	unsigned long load_addr = regs->gpr[2];	/* saved by ELF_PLAT_INIT */
 #endif
 
-	set_fs(USER_DS);
-
 	/*
 	 * If we exec out of a kernel thread then thread.regs will not be
 	 * set.  Do it now.
-- 
1.5.6.5



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