7 files changed, 0 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
index 30416d7f19d4..a3aefe9b9401 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@ static int ia32_restore_sigcontext(struct pt_regs *regs,
 
 	err |= fpu__restore_sig(buf, 1);
 
-	force_iret();
-
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 5057a8ed100b..78897a8da01f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -339,22 +339,6 @@ static inline unsigned long regs_get_kernel_argument(struct pt_regs *regs,
 
 #define ARCH_HAS_USER_SINGLE_STEP_REPORT
 
-/*
- * When hitting ptrace_stop(), we cannot return using SYSRET because
- * that does not restore the full CPU state, only a minimal set.  The
- * ptracer can change arbitrary register values, which is usually okay
- * because the usual ptrace stops run off the signal delivery path which
- * forces IRET; however, ptrace_event() stops happen in arbitrary places
- * in the kernel and don't force IRET path.
- *
- * So force IRET path after a ptrace stop.
- */
-#define arch_ptrace_stop_needed(code, info)				\
-({									\
-	force_iret();							\
-	false;								\
-})
-
 struct user_desc;
 extern int do_get_thread_area(struct task_struct *p, int idx,
 			      struct user_desc __user *info);
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
index d779366ce3f8..cf4327986e98 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -239,15 +239,6 @@ static inline int arch_within_stack_frames(const void * const stack,
 			   current_thread_info()->status & TS_COMPAT)
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Force syscall return via IRET by making it look as if there was
- * some work pending. IRET is our most capable (but slowest) syscall
- * return path, which is able to restore modified SS, CS and certain
- * EFLAGS values that other (fast) syscall return instructions
- * are not able to restore properly.
- */
-#define force_iret() set_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
-
 extern void arch_task_cache_init(void);
 extern int arch_dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src);
 extern void arch_release_task_struct(struct task_struct *tsk);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
index 323499f48858..5052ced43373 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long new_ip, unsigned long new_sp)
 	regs->ip		= new_ip;
 	regs->sp		= new_sp;
 	regs->flags		= X86_EFLAGS_IF;
-	force_iret();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(start_thread);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index 506d66830d4d..ffd497804dbc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -394,7 +394,6 @@ start_thread_common(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long new_ip,
 	regs->cs		= _cs;
 	regs->ss		= _ss;
 	regs->flags		= X86_EFLAGS_IF;
-	force_iret();
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index 8eb7193e158d..8a29573851a3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -151,8 +151,6 @@ static int restore_sigcontext(struct pt_regs *regs,
 
 	err |= fpu__restore_sig(buf, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_32));
 
-	force_iret();
-
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c
index a76c12b38e92..91d55454e702 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c
@@ -381,7 +381,6 @@ static long do_sys_vm86(struct vm86plus_struct __user *user_vm86, bool plus)
 		mark_screen_rdonly(tsk->mm);
 
 	memcpy((struct kernel_vm86_regs *)regs, &vm86regs, sizeof(vm86regs));
-	force_iret();
 	return regs->ax;
 }