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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h
index 5cb436acd463..fcc5cd387fd1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ static inline void prepare_switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
asmlinkage void ret_from_fork(void);
-/* data that is pointed to by thread.sp */
+/*
+ * This is the structure pointed to by thread.sp for an inactive task. The
+ * order of the fields must match the code in __switch_to_asm().
+ */
struct inactive_task_frame {
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
unsigned long r15;
@@ -48,6 +51,11 @@ struct inactive_task_frame {
unsigned long di;
#endif
unsigned long bx;
+
+ /*
+ * These two fields must be together. They form a stack frame header,
+ * needed by get_frame_pointer().
+ */
unsigned long bp;
unsigned long ret_addr;
};