- childregs = ((struct pt_regs *) (THREAD_SIZE + (unsigned long) p->thread_info)) - 1;
- /*
- * The below -8 is to reserve 8 bytes on top of the ring0 stack.
- * This is necessary to guarantee that the entire "struct pt_regs"
- * is accessable even if the CPU haven't stored the SS/ESP registers
- * on the stack (interrupt gate does not save these registers
- * when switching to the same priv ring).
- * Therefore beware: accessing the xss/esp fields of the
- * "struct pt_regs" is possible, but they may contain the
- * completely wrong values.
- */
- childregs = (struct pt_regs *) ((unsigned long) childregs - 8);