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diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c b/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c
index e351780bb660..584ed95f3380 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
27#include <linux/file.h> 27#include <linux/file.h>
28#include <linux/utsname.h> 28#include <linux/utsname.h>
29#include <linux/personality.h> 29#include <linux/personality.h>
30#include <linux/unistd.h>
30 31
31#include <asm/uaccess.h> 32#include <asm/uaccess.h>
32#include <asm/ipc.h> 33#include <asm/ipc.h>
@@ -266,3 +267,22 @@ s390_fadvise64_64(struct fadvise64_64_args __user *args)
266 return sys_fadvise64_64(a.fd, a.offset, a.len, a.advice); 267 return sys_fadvise64_64(a.fd, a.offset, a.len, a.advice);
267} 268}
268 269
270/*
271 * Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
272 * end up with proper pt_regs.
273 */
274int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
275{
276 register const char *__arg1 asm("2") = filename;
277 register char *const*__arg2 asm("3") = argv;
278 register char *const*__arg3 asm("4") = envp;
279 register long __svcres asm("2");
280 asm volatile(
281 "svc %b1"
282 : "=d" (__svcres)
283 : "i" (__NR_execve),
284 "0" (__arg1),
285 "d" (__arg2),
286 "d" (__arg3) : "memory");
287 return __svcres;
288}