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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c7
3 files changed, 1 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index 4fe27b67d7e2..1f0efdb7b629 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -291,7 +291,6 @@ ENTRY(__switch_to_asm)
 	pushq	%r13
 	pushq	%r14
 	pushq	%r15
-	pushfq
 
 	/* switch stack */
 	movq	%rsp, TASK_threadsp(%rdi)
@@ -314,7 +313,6 @@ ENTRY(__switch_to_asm)
 #endif
 
 	/* restore callee-saved registers */
-	popfq
 	popq	%r15
 	popq	%r14
 	popq	%r13
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h
index 157149d4129c..18a4b6890fa8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ asmlinkage void ret_from_fork(void);
  * order of the fields must match the code in __switch_to_asm().
  */
 struct inactive_task_frame {
-	unsigned long flags;
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	unsigned long r15;
 	unsigned long r14;
 	unsigned long r13;
 	unsigned long r12;
 #else
+	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned long si;
 	unsigned long di;
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index 026a43be9bd1..844a28b29967 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -393,13 +393,6 @@ int copy_thread_tls(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp,
 	fork_frame = container_of(childregs, struct fork_frame, regs);
 	frame = &fork_frame->frame;
 
-	/*
-	 * For a new task use the RESET flags value since there is no before.
-	 * All the status flags are zero; DF and all the system flags must also
-	 * be 0, specifically IF must be 0 because we context switch to the new
-	 * task with interrupts disabled.
-	 */
-	frame->flags = X86_EFLAGS_FIXED;
 	frame->bp = 0;
 	frame->ret_addr = (unsigned long) ret_from_fork;
 	p->thread.sp = (unsigned long) fork_frame;