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Revision 44fbbb3dc687c9709a6f2236197316e5c79ab1eb authored by Al Viro on 30 April 2012, 22:24:46 UTC, committed by Al Viro on 01 June 2012, 17:01:51 UTC 
x86: get rid of calling do_notify_resume() when returning to kernel mode
 
If we end up calling do_notify_resume() with !user_mode(refs), it
does nothing (do_signal() explicitly bails out and we can't get there
with TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME in such situations).  Then we jump to
resume_userspace_sig, which rechecks the same thing and bails out
to resume_kernel, thus breaking the loop.

It's easier and cheaper to check *before* calling do_notify_resume()
and bail out to resume_kernel immediately.  And kill the check in
do_signal()...

Note that on amd64 we can't get there with !user_mode() at all - asm
glue takes care of that.

Acked-and-reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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Tip revision: 44fbbb3dc687c9709a6f2236197316e5c79ab1eb authored by Al Viro on 30 April 2012, 22:24:46 UTC
x86: get rid of calling do_notify_resume() when returning to kernel mode
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