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[PATCH v2 11/12] x86/entry: Remove TIF_SINGLESTEP entry work

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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@kernel.org>
---
 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

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[PATCH v2 11/12] x86/entry: Remove TIF_SINGLESTEP entry work Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-03-10 04:10 +0100
  [tip:x86/asm] x86/entry: Remove TIF_SINGLESTEP entry work tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-03-10 12:10 +0100

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