1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/process.c b/arch/tile/kernel/process.c
index 8430f45daea6..e90eb53173b0 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/process.c
@@ -212,6 +212,13 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp,
         childregs->sp = sp;  /* override with new user stack pointer */
 
         /*
+         * If CLONE_SETTLS is set, set "tp" in the new task to "r4",
+         * which is passed in as arg #5 to sys_clone().
+         */
+        if (clone_flags & CLONE_SETTLS)
+                childregs->tp = regs->regs[4];
+
+        /*
          * Copy the callee-saved registers from the passed pt_regs struct
          * into the context-switch callee-saved registers area.
          * This way when we start the interrupt-return sequence, the
@@ -539,6 +546,7 @@ struct task_struct *__sched _switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
         return __switch_to(prev, next, next_current_ksp0(next));
 }
 
+/* Note there is an implicit fifth argument if (clone_flags & CLONE_SETTLS). */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE5(clone, unsigned long, clone_flags, unsigned long, newsp,
                 void __user *, parent_tidptr, void __user *, child_tidptr,
                 struct pt_regs *, regs)