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authorJani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>2018-11-20 13:14:08 +0200
committerJani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>2018-11-20 13:14:08 +0200
commit2ac5e38ea4203852d6e99edd3cf11f044b0a409f (patch)
tree1ef02da98d56309368ad2b6a4e492bafe5bb4faf /arch/arc/kernel/process.c
parentf48cc647f3e196a3179d695d3c2d56c13e9dec98 (diff)
parent9235dd441af43599b9cdcce599a3da4083fcad3c (diff)
Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-next-queued
Pull in v4.20-rc3 via drm-next. Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arc/kernel/process.c')
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diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/process.c b/arch/arc/kernel/process.c
index 4674541eba3f..8ce6e7235915 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/process.c
@@ -241,6 +241,26 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags,
task_thread_info(current)->thr_ptr;
}
+
+ /*
+ * setup usermode thread pointer #1:
+ * when child is picked by scheduler, __switch_to() uses @c_callee to
+ * populate usermode callee regs: this works (despite being in a kernel
+ * function) since special return path for child @ret_from_fork()
+ * ensures those regs are not clobbered all the way to RTIE to usermode
+ */
+ c_callee->r25 = task_thread_info(p)->thr_ptr;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARC_CURR_IN_REG
+ /*
+ * setup usermode thread pointer #2:
+ * however for this special use of r25 in kernel, __switch_to() sets
+ * r25 for kernel needs and only in the final return path is usermode
+ * r25 setup, from pt_regs->user_r25. So set that up as well
+ */
+ c_regs->user_r25 = c_callee->r25;
+#endif
+
return 0;
}