[tip:x86/cleanups] x86: use symbolic name for VM86_SIGNAL when used as vm86 default return

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Commit-ID:  975e5f45500dff6d15c0001bb662e9aac0ce0076
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/975e5f45500dff6d15c0001bb662e9aac0ce0076
Author:     Samuel Bronson <naesten@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 6 May 2009 22:27:55 -0400
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 6 May 2009 20:35:26 -0700

x86: use symbolic name for VM86_SIGNAL when used as vm86 default return

This code has apparently used "0" and not VM86_SIGNAL since Linux
1.1.9, when Linus added VM86_SIGNAL to vm86.h. This patch changes the
code to use the symbolic name.

The magic 0 tripped me up in trying to extend the vm86(2) manpage to
actually explain vm86()'s interface -- my greps for VM86_SIGNAL came up
fruitless.

[ Impact: cleanup; no object code change ]

Signed-off-by: Samuel Bronson <naesten@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>


---
 arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c
index d7ac84e..b8035a0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c
@@ -318,9 +318,9 @@ static void do_sys_vm86(struct kernel_vm86_struct *info, struct task_struct *tsk
 	}
 
 /*
- * Save old state, set default return value (%ax) to 0
+ * Save old state, set default return value (%ax) to 0 (VM86_SIGNAL)
  */
-	info->regs32->ax = 0;
+	info->regs32->ax = VM86_SIGNAL;
 	tsk->thread.saved_sp0 = tsk->thread.sp0;
 	tsk->thread.saved_fs = info->regs32->fs;
 	tsk->thread.saved_gs = get_user_gs(info->regs32);
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