--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h	2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000
+++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h	2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 #define _ASM_X86_SWITCH_TO_H
 
 struct task_struct; /* one of the stranger aspects of C forward declarations */
-struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
-				struct task_struct *next);
+__visible struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
+					   struct task_struct *next);
 struct tss_struct;
 void __switch_to_xtra(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p,
 		      struct tss_struct *tss);
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@
 #else /* CONFIG_X86_32 */
 
 /* frame pointer must be last for get_wchan */
-#define SAVE_CONTEXT    "pushf ; pushq %%rbp ; movq %%rsi,%%rbp\n\t"
-#define RESTORE_CONTEXT "movq %%rbp,%%rsi ; popq %%rbp ; popf\t"
+#define SAVE_CONTEXT    "pushq %%rbp ; movq %%rsi,%%rbp\n\t"
+#define RESTORE_CONTEXT "movq %%rbp,%%rsi ; popq %%rbp\t"
 
 #define __EXTRA_CLOBBER  \
 	, "rcx", "rbx", "rdx", "r8", "r9", "r10", "r11", \
-	  "r12", "r13", "r14", "r15"
+	  "r12", "r13", "r14", "r15", "flags"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
 #define __switch_canary							  \
@@ -100,7 +100,11 @@
 #define __switch_canary_iparam
 #endif	/* CC_STACKPROTECTOR */
 
-/* Save restore flags to clear handle leaking NT */
+/*
+ * There is no need to save or restore flags, because flags are always
+ * clean in kernel mode, with the possible exception of IOPL.  Kernel IOPL
+ * has no effect.
+ */
 #define switch_to(prev, next, last) \
 	asm volatile(SAVE_CONTEXT					  \
 	     "movq %%rsp,%P[threadrsp](%[prev])\n\t" /* save RSP */	  \