[PATCH v2 11/12] x86/entry: Remove TIF_SINGLESTEP entry work
From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Wed Mar 09 2016 - 22:01:35 EST
Now that SYSENTER with TF set puts X86_EFLAGS_TF directly into
regs->flags, we don't need a TIF_SINGLESTEP fixup in the syscall
entry code. Remove it.
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/entry/common.c | 10 ----------
arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/common.c b/arch/x86/entry/common.c
index adea12fb7215..e79d93d44ecd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/common.c
@@ -163,16 +163,6 @@ long syscall_trace_enter_phase2(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 arch,
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_ENTRY))
BUG_ON(regs != task_pt_regs(current));
- /*
- * If we stepped into a sysenter/syscall insn, it trapped in
- * kernel mode; do_debug() cleared TF and set TIF_SINGLESTEP.
- * If user-mode had set TF itself, then it's still clear from
- * do_debug() and we need to set it again to restore the user
- * state. If we entered on the slow path, TF was already set.
- */
- if (work & _TIF_SINGLESTEP)
- regs->flags |= X86_EFLAGS_TF;
-
#ifdef CONFIG_SECCOMP
/*
* Call seccomp_phase2 before running the other hooks so that
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
index fbdb24e61835..82866697fcf1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ struct thread_info {
*/
#define _TIF_WORK_SYSCALL_ENTRY \
(_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE | _TIF_SYSCALL_EMU | _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT | \
- _TIF_SECCOMP | _TIF_SINGLESTEP | _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT | \
+ _TIF_SECCOMP | _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT | \
_TIF_NOHZ)
/* work to do on any return to user space */
--
2.5.0