Internally, lockdep_sys_exit_thunk saves callee-clobbered registers, and calls a C function, lockdep_sys_exit. Thus, callee-preserved registers won't be mangled, there is no need to save them.
Patch was run-tested. Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <[email protected]> CC: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> CC: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> CC: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> CC: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <[email protected]> CC: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> CC: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]> CC: Frederic Weisbecker <[email protected]> CC: Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]> CC: Will Drewry <[email protected]> CC: Kees Cook <[email protected]> CC: [email protected] CC: [email protected] --- arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h index 19355f3..9a63eae 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h @@ -179,9 +179,7 @@ static inline int arch_irqs_disabled(void) # define LOCKDEP_SYS_EXIT_IRQ \ TRACE_IRQS_ON; \ sti; \ - SAVE_EXTRA_REGS; \ call lockdep_sys_exit_thunk; \ - RESTORE_EXTRA_REGS; \ cli; \ TRACE_IRQS_OFF; # else -- 1.8.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

