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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 0abf7ab20ce2..ae9c2f13b476 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -207,10 +207,12 @@ static inline unsigned long current_stack_pointer(void)
_ASM_SUB $(THREAD_SIZE-KERNEL_STACK_OFFSET),reg ;
/*
- * Same if PER_CPU_VAR(kernel_stack) is, perhaps with some offset, already in
- * a certain register (to be used in assembler memory operands).
+ * ASM operand which evaluates to thread_info address
+ * if it is known that "reg" is exactly "off" bytes below stack top.
+ * Example (fetch thread_info->fieldname):
+ * mov TI_fieldname+THREAD_INFO(reg, off),%eax
*/
-#define THREAD_INFO(reg, off) KERNEL_STACK_OFFSET+(off)-THREAD_SIZE(reg)
+#define THREAD_INFO(reg, off) ((off)-THREAD_SIZE)(reg)
#endif