We were setting ex1 in new kernel threads to KERNEL_PL. But since we just do a simple context-switch, not an iret, any value set here is ignored anyway, and its presence causes stack backtraces to end with a warning about an "odd fault".
Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetc...@ezchip.com> --- arch/tile/kernel/process.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/process.c b/arch/tile/kernel/process.c index 0dddcf7e5bfa..96ea75e04582 100644 --- a/arch/tile/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/tile/kernel/process.c @@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp, (CALLEE_SAVED_REGS_COUNT - 2) * sizeof(unsigned long)); callee_regs[0] = sp; /* r30 = function */ callee_regs[1] = arg; /* r31 = arg */ - childregs->ex1 = PL_ICS_EX1(KERNEL_PL, 0); p->thread.pc = (unsigned long) ret_from_kernel_thread; return 0; } -- 2.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/