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-rw-r--r--arch/i386/kernel/process.c7
-rw-r--r--arch/i386/kernel/signal.c2
2 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
index 36145efc61b5..b2203e21acb3 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
@@ -558,13 +558,6 @@ handle_io_bitmap(struct thread_struct *next, struct tss_struct *tss)
*/
tss->io_bitmap_base = INVALID_IO_BITMAP_OFFSET_LAZY;
}
-/*
- * This special macro can be used to load a debugging register
- */
-#define loaddebug(thread,register) \
- __asm__("movl %0,%%db" #register \
- : /* no output */ \
- :"r" (thread->debugreg[register]))
/*
* switch_to(x,yn) should switch tasks from x to y.
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c b/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
index ef3602e1c052..ea46d028af08 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ int fastcall do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs, sigset_t *oldset)
* inside the kernel.
*/
if (unlikely(current->thread.debugreg[7])) {
- __asm__("movl %0,%%db7" : : "r" (current->thread.debugreg[7]));
+ loaddebug(&current->thread, 7);
}
/* Whee! Actually deliver the signal. */
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