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x86: kernel_thread() -- initialize SS to a known state

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Before the kernel_thread was converted into "C" we had
pt_regs::ss set to __KERNEL_DS (by SAVE_ALL asm macro).

Though I must admit I didn't find any *explicit* load of
%ss from this structure the better to be on a safe side
and set it to a known value.

Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Cc: Christian Kujau <lists@nerdbynature.de>
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <Jeremy.Fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <1263377768-19600-1-git-send-email-ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Cyrill Gorcunov 2010-01-13 10:16:07 +00:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
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@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
regs.es = __USER_DS;
regs.fs = __KERNEL_PERCPU;
regs.gs = __KERNEL_STACK_CANARY;
#else
regs.ss = __KERNEL_DS;
#endif
regs.orig_ax = -1;