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diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
index 153d3fce3e8e..d6fde98b74b3 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
@@ -455,3 +455,22 @@ get_wchan(struct task_struct *p)
455 } 455 }
456 return pc; 456 return pc;
457} 457}
458
459int kernel_execve(const char *path, const char *const argv[], const char *const envp[])
460{
461 /* Avoid the HAE being gratuitously wrong, which would cause us
462 to do the whole turn off interrupts thing and restore it. */
463 struct pt_regs regs = {.hae = alpha_mv.hae_cache};
464 int err = do_execve(path, argv, envp, &regs);
465 if (!err) {
466 struct pt_regs *p = current_pt_regs();
467 /* copy regs to normal position and off to userland we go... */
468 *p = regs;
469 __asm__ __volatile__ (
470 "mov %0, $sp;"
471 "br $31, ret_from_sys_call"
472 : : "r"(p));
473 }
474 return err;
475}
476EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_execve);