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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c16
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
index 323309963cd3..7e9dff80e1dc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -442,6 +442,12 @@ static int save_user_regs(struct pt_regs *regs, struct mcontext __user *frame,
#endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
if (copy_fpr_to_user(&frame->mc_fregs, current))
return 1;
+
+ /*
+ * Clear the MSR VSX bit to indicate there is no valid state attached
+ * to this context, except in the specific case below where we set it.
+ */
+ msr &= ~MSR_VSX;
#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
/*
* Copy VSR 0-31 upper half from thread_struct to local
@@ -454,15 +460,7 @@ static int save_user_regs(struct pt_regs *regs, struct mcontext __user *frame,
if (copy_vsx_to_user(&frame->mc_vsregs, current))
return 1;
msr |= MSR_VSX;
- } else if (!ctx_has_vsx_region)
- /*
- * With a small context structure we can't hold the VSX
- * registers, hence clear the MSR value to indicate the state
- * was not saved.
- */
- msr &= ~MSR_VSX;
-
-
+ }
#endif /* CONFIG_VSX */
#ifdef CONFIG_SPE
/* save spe registers */