[PATCH] i386: remove IOPL check on task switch

IOPL is implicitly saved and restored on task switch,
so explicit check is no longer needed.

Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
index 8f42659ef9d2..99308510a17c 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
@@ -675,12 +675,6 @@ struct task_struct fastcall * __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct tas
         write_pda(pcurrent, next_p);
 
         /*
-         * Restore IOPL if needed.
-         */
-        if (unlikely(prev->iopl != next->iopl))
-                set_iopl_mask(next->iopl);
-
-        /*
          * Now maybe handle debug registers and/or IO bitmaps
          */
         if (unlikely((task_thread_info(next_p)->flags & _TIF_WORK_CTXSW)