[PATCH v1 1/1] x86/entry/fred: Push __KERNEL_CS directly
From: Xin Li (Intel)
Date: Fri Aug 22 2025 - 03:17:34 EST
Push __KERNEL_CS directly, rather than moving it into RAX and then
pushing RAX.
Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_fred.S | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_fred.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_fred.S
index 907bd233c6c1..3c1511feadf7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_fred.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_fred.S
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(asm_fred_entry_from_kvm)
push %rdi /* fred_ss handed in by the caller */
push %rbp
pushf
- mov $__KERNEL_CS, %rax
- push %rax
+ push $__KERNEL_CS
/*
* Unlike the IDT event delivery, FRED _always_ pushes an error code
base-commit: 3da01ffe1aeaa0d427ab5235ba735226670a80d9
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2.50.1