As stated in the comment on top of transfer_to_handler(), all callers set cr0.eq if the exception occurred in kernel mode (i.e. MSR:PR = 0)
Therefore, it is not needed to do the test again Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.le...@c-s.fr> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S index a38600949f3a..0651a7438fa6 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S @@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ transfer_to_handler: stw r2,GPR2(r11) stw r12,_NIP(r11) stw r9,_MSR(r11) - andi. r2,r9,MSR_PR mfctr r12 mfspr r2,SPRN_XER stw r12,_CTR(r11) -- 2.12.0