[Based on mainline commit 352c1d95e3220d0: "ARC: stop using pt_regs->orig_r8"] Stop using orig_r8 as it could get clobbered by ST in trap_with_param, and further it is semantically not needed either. Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/arc/include/asm/syscall.h | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/syscall.h index 33ab304..29de098 100644 --- a/arch/arc/include/asm/syscall.h +++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/syscall.h @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ static inline long syscall_get_nr(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs) { if (user_mode(regs) && in_syscall(regs)) - return regs->orig_r8; + return regs->r8; else return -1; } @@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ syscall_get_nr(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs) static inline void syscall_rollback(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs) { - /* XXX: I can't fathom how pt_regs->r8 will be clobbered ? */ - regs->r8 = regs->orig_r8; + regs->r0 = regs->orig_r0; } static inline long -- 1.8.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html