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diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S
index c9739ca81d06..1e6f80870679 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
* Copyright (C) 2000 Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
* Copyright (C) 2000 Karsten Keil <kkeil@suse.de>
* Copyright (C) 2001,2002 Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
- *
- * $Id: head.S,v 1.49 2002/03/19 17:39:25 ak Exp $
*/
@@ -187,12 +185,15 @@ startup_64:
/* Finally jump to run C code and to be on real kernel address
* Since we are running on identity-mapped space we have to jump
- * to the full 64bit address , this is only possible as indirect
- * jump
+ * to the full 64bit address, this is only possible as indirect
+ * jump. In addition we need to ensure %cs is set so we make this
+ * a far return.
*/
movq initial_code(%rip),%rax
- pushq $0 # fake return address
- jmp *%rax
+ pushq $0 # fake return address to stop unwinder
+ pushq $__KERNEL_CS # set correct cs
+ pushq %rax # target address in negative space
+ lretq
/* SMP bootup changes these two */
.align 8
@@ -371,7 +372,7 @@ ENTRY(cpu_gdt_table)
.quad 0,0 /* TSS */
.quad 0,0 /* LDT */
.quad 0,0,0 /* three TLS descriptors */
- .quad 0 /* unused */
+ .quad 0x0000f40000000000 /* node/CPU stored in limit */
gdt_end:
/* asm/segment.h:GDT_ENTRIES must match this */
/* This should be a multiple of the cache line size */