[PATCH 5/5] x86, head_32: Remove an old gcc2 fix

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Sat Feb 09 2013 - 14:53:44 EST


From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

gcc2 wants direction flag cleared but we don't support gcc2 anymore. So
drop it. Original patch adding this was:

commit 57d40092c375d2b6d34f814f5fb306967e22c4f5
Author: linus1 <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon Nov 9 12:00:00 1992 -0600

[PATCH] Linux-0.98.4 (November 9, 1992)
...

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
index 75e96d7e4e5f..fc56613224c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -463,7 +463,6 @@ is486:
xorl %eax,%eax # Clear LDT
lldt %ax

- cld # gcc2 wants the direction flag cleared at all times
pushl $0 # fake return address for unwinder
jmp *(initial_code)

--
1.8.1.3.535.ga923c31

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