x86/signals: Merge EFLAGS bit clearing into a single statement

Merging EFLAGS bit clearing into a single statement, to
ensure EFLAGS bits are being cleared in a single instruction.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Originally-Reported-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1367421944-19082-4-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index cb12fc9c0642..cf913587d4dd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -662,21 +662,17 @@ handle_signal(struct ksignal *ksig, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (!failed) {
 		/*
 		 * Clear the direction flag as per the ABI for function entry.
-		 */
-		regs->flags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_DF;
-		/*
+		 *
 		 * Clear RF when entering the signal handler, because
 		 * it might disable possible debug exception from the
 		 * signal handler.
-		 */
-		regs->flags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_RF;
-		/*
+		 *
 		 * Clear TF when entering the signal handler, but
 		 * notify any tracer that was single-stepping it.
 		 * The tracer may want to single-step inside the
 		 * handler too.
 		 */
-		regs->flags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_TF;
+		regs->flags &= ~(X86_EFLAGS_DF|X86_EFLAGS_RF|X86_EFLAGS_TF);
 	}
 	signal_setup_done(failed, ksig, test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
 }