[PATCH] kernel/process.c: R3000 setup for kernel_thread()

["Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>]

 Match the R4000 semantics for the initial state of interrupt/kernel
status register flags for the R3000 in kernel_thread().

Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org>
---
 The R4000 variation preserves the interrupt/kernel status flags; the 
R3000 assumes a certain state.  It may not matter, at least at the current 
state of the code, but for consistency I think the R3000 variation should 
do the same as the R4000 one, first for purity and second because there is 
less maintenance force available for the R3000 and any discrepancy between 
the two variations means a greater chance for subtle bugs.  The 
performance hit is negligible.

 Tested at the runtime.

 Please consider.

  Maciej

patch-mips-2.6.23-rc5-20070904-r3000-process-1
diff -up --recursive --new-file 
linux-mips-2.6.23-rc5-20070904.macro/arch/mips/kernel/process.c 
linux-mips-2.6.23-rc5-20070904/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
--- linux-mips-2.6.23-rc5-20070904.macro/arch/mips/kernel/process.c     
2007-09-04 04:55:19.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-mips-2.6.23-rc5-20070904/arch/mips/kernel/process.c   2007-09-18 
15:43:16.000000000 +0000
@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@ long kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), vo
        regs.cp0_epc = (unsigned long) kernel_thread_helper;
        regs.cp0_status = read_c0_status();
 #if defined(CONFIG_CPU_R3000) || defined(CONFIG_CPU_TX39XX)
-       regs.cp0_status &= ~(ST0_KUP | ST0_IEC);
-       regs.cp0_status |= ST0_IEP;
+       regs.cp0_status = (regs.cp0_status & ~(ST0_KUP | ST0_IEP | ST0_IEC)) |
+                         ((regs.cp0_status & (ST0_KUC | ST0_IEC)) << 2);
 #else
        regs.cp0_status |= ST0_EXL;
 #endif