Add proper alignment to ENTRY Previously it didn't align. Use the same one as the C compiler in blended mode, which is good for K8 and Core2 and doesn't hurt on P4. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen --- arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S | 3 +-- include/asm-x86_64/linkage.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S +++ linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S @@ -617,8 +617,7 @@ retint_signal: #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT /* Returning to kernel space. Check if we need preemption */ /* rcx: threadinfo. interrupts off. */ - .p2align -retint_kernel: +ENTRY(retint_kernel) cmpl $0,threadinfo_preempt_count(%rcx) jnz retint_restore_args bt $TIF_NEED_RESCHED,threadinfo_flags(%rcx) Index: linux/include/asm-x86_64/linkage.h =================================================================== --- linux.orig/include/asm-x86_64/linkage.h +++ linux/include/asm-x86_64/linkage.h @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ #ifndef __ASM_LINKAGE_H #define __ASM_LINKAGE_H -/* Nothing to see here... */ +#define __ALIGN .p2align 4,,15 #endif