diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 2601c8e338da524cd83de18bebed8db63d0da3e6..4554ecbff7c6527be35fea7d20e255cc0770b653 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -116,5 +116,7 @@ register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info __asm__("$8");
 		 (int __user *)(value));				\
 	})
 
+#define tsk_is_polling(t) test_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _ALPHA_THREAD_INFO_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
index af7b0bda3355d9af850ae722b2b1f55277ef6e67..b2d6b412172d1990cedd5d873a4fdae07bbade67 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ extern int vfp_restore_user_hwstate(struct user_vfp __user *,
 #define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	2	/* callback before returning to user */
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	8
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	9
-#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	16
 #define TIF_USING_IWMMXT	17
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		18	/* is terminating due to OOM killer */
 #define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	20
@@ -160,7 +159,6 @@ extern int vfp_restore_user_hwstate(struct user_vfp __user *,
 #define _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	(1 << TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1 << TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	(1 << TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT)
-#define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1 << TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 #define _TIF_USING_IWMMXT	(1 << TIF_USING_IWMMXT)
 #define _TIF_SECCOMP		(1 << TIF_SECCOMP)
 
diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/thread_info.h
index a32c88cb260138be1c631d11c7a29d9a4749b11b..dc0c457214992dd2e6c53c5d6d86e9ffb6607feb 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE       0       /* syscall trace active */
 #define TIF_SIGPENDING          1       /* signal pending */
 #define TIF_NEED_RESCHED        2       /* rescheduling necessary */
-#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG      3       /* true if poll_idle() is polling
-					   TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
 #define TIF_BREAKPOINT		4	/* enter monitor mode on return */
 #define TIF_SINGLE_STEP		5	/* single step in progress */
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		6	/* is terminating due to OOM killer */
@@ -91,7 +89,6 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1 << TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
 #define _TIF_SIGPENDING		(1 << TIF_SIGPENDING)
 #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED	(1 << TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
-#define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1 << TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 #define _TIF_SINGLE_STEP	(1 << TIF_SINGLE_STEP)
 #define _TIF_MEMDIE		(1 << TIF_MEMDIE)
 #define _TIF_CPU_GOING_TO_SLEEP (1 << TIF_CPU_GOING_TO_SLEEP)
@@ -104,7 +101,6 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 	((1 << TIF_SIGPENDING)			\
 	 | _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME			\
 	 | (1 << TIF_NEED_RESCHED)		\
-	 | (1 << TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)		\
 	 | (1 << TIF_BREAKPOINT)		\
 	 | (1 << TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
 
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/thread_info.h
index f9a8731b7e81022d84aeae68ee2fbf363a7e8c17..3894005337ba7d8628de4f7de2f9f7dd8f5b603d 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	0	/* syscall trace active */
 #define TIF_SIGPENDING		1	/* signal pending */
 #define TIF_NEED_RESCHED	2	/* rescheduling necessary */
-#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	3	/* true if poll_idle() is polling
-					   TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		4	/* is terminating due to OOM killer */
 #define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	5	/* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
 #define TIF_IRQ_SYNC		7	/* sync pipeline stage */
@@ -108,7 +106,6 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1<<TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
 #define _TIF_SIGPENDING		(1<<TIF_SIGPENDING)
 #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED	(1<<TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
-#define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1<<TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 #define _TIF_IRQ_SYNC		(1<<TIF_IRQ_SYNC)
 #define _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	(1<<TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
 #define _TIF_SINGLESTEP		(1<<TIF_SINGLESTEP)
diff --git a/arch/c6x/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/c6x/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 1710bcbb8d093bda2965d4d7e3c779963eeb6f7f..4c8dc562bd90dce27d0236140434a34120fe33d7 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/c6x/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define TIF_NEED_RESCHED	3	/* rescheduling necessary */
 #define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	4	/* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
 
-#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	16	/* true if polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		17	/* OOM killer killed process */
 
 #define TIF_WORK_MASK		0x00007FFE /* work on irq/exception return */
diff --git a/arch/c6x/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/c6x/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 759ad6d207b620eacd90ce906132492ac1a5ec1e..60f1e437745dd2f60eb5bf5a9c9c2c92326e6b1c 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/c6x/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ void foo(void)
 	DEFINE(_TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME, (1<<TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME));
 	DEFINE(_TIF_SIGPENDING, (1<<TIF_SIGPENDING));
 	DEFINE(_TIF_NEED_RESCHED, (1<<TIF_NEED_RESCHED));
-	DEFINE(_TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG, (1<<TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG));
 
 	DEFINE(_TIF_ALLWORK_MASK, TIF_ALLWORK_MASK);
 	DEFINE(_TIF_WORK_MASK, TIF_WORK_MASK);
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 0e0b52d3e22a6515b1f9a51f522f2d4e064b5b40..07c8c40c52b312ddfee756ca8ea5b0619ddb4a65 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -78,14 +78,12 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define TIF_SIGPENDING		2	/* signal pending */
 #define TIF_NEED_RESCHED	3	/* rescheduling necessary */
 #define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	9	/* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
-#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	16	/* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		17	/* is terminating due to OOM killer */
 
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1<<TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
 #define _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	(1<<TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
 #define _TIF_SIGPENDING		(1<<TIF_SIGPENDING)
 #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED	(1<<TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
-#define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1<<TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 
 #define _TIF_WORK_MASK		0x0000FFFE	/* work to do on interrupt/exception return */
 #define _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK	0x0000FFFF	/* work to do on any return to u-space */
diff --git a/arch/frv/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/frv/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 5108ede011a533548514747901f0f61c7b97615f..bebd7eadc7720c3e3ddac4fe455a8bef37308042 100644
--- a/arch/frv/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/frv/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info asm("gr15");
 #define TIF_NEED_RESCHED	3	/* rescheduling necessary */
 #define TIF_SINGLESTEP		4	/* restore singlestep on return to user mode */
 #define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	5	/* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
-#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	6	/* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		7	/* is terminating due to OOM killer */
 
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1 << TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info asm("gr15");
 #define _TIF_SIGPENDING		(1 << TIF_SIGPENDING)
 #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED	(1 << TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
 #define _TIF_SINGLESTEP		(1 << TIF_SINGLESTEP)
-#define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1 << TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 
 /* work to do on interrupt/exception return */
 #define _TIF_WORK_MASK		\
diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/h8300/include/asm/thread_info.h
index aa0406bf0206e00ab5aa2833e56c67c252d6bf54..63cc298edb671c1fbc6eaf0c8c815ae7acc2f2f3 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	0	/* syscall trace active */
 #define TIF_SIGPENDING		1	/* signal pending */
 #define TIF_NEED_RESCHED	2	/* rescheduling necessary */
-#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	3	/* true if poll_idle() is polling
-					   TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		4	/* is terminating due to OOM killer */
 #define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	5	/* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
 #define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	6	/* callback before returning to user */
@@ -95,7 +93,6 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1<<TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
 #define _TIF_SIGPENDING		(1<<TIF_SIGPENDING)
 #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED	(1<<TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
-#define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1<<TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 #define _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	(1 << TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
 
 #define _TIF_WORK_MASK		0x0000FFFE	/* work to do on interrupt/exception return */
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/thread_info.h
index b5a6d43411c0fbccf31552a09e063268e6430eb5..7f33f167711909b2936926e6e563547a34f73589 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info asm(QUOTED_THREADINFO_REG);
 #define TIF_IRET                5       /* return with iret */
 #define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK     6       /* restore sig mask in do_signal() */
 /* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
-#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG      16
 #define TIF_MEMDIE              17      /* OOM killer killed process */
 
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE      (1 << TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
@@ -132,7 +131,6 @@ register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info asm(QUOTED_THREADINFO_REG);
 #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED       (1 << TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
 #define _TIF_SINGLESTEP         (1 << TIF_SINGLESTEP)
 #define _TIF_IRET               (1 << TIF_IRET)
-#define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG     (1 << TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 
 /* work to do on interrupt/exception return - All but TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE */
 #define _TIF_WORK_MASK          (0x0000FFFF & ~_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h
index f7ee85378311a0f2d241a458640f697b4940a2a1..ff2ae41365840a616b4a7b6211aed1b2678c6e0a 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	3	/* syscall auditing active */
 #define TIF_SINGLESTEP		4	/* restore singlestep on return to user mode */
 #define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	6	/* resumption notification requested */
-#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	16	/* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		17	/* is terminating due to OOM killer */
 #define TIF_MCA_INIT		18	/* this task is processing MCA or INIT */
 #define TIF_DB_DISABLED		19	/* debug trap disabled for fsyscall */
@@ -119,7 +118,6 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	(1 << TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
 #define _TIF_SIGPENDING		(1 << TIF_SIGPENDING)
 #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED	(1 << TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
-#define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1 << TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 #define _TIF_MCA_INIT		(1 << TIF_MCA_INIT)
 #define _TIF_DB_DISABLED	(1 << TIF_DB_DISABLED)
 #define _TIF_RESTORE_RSE	(1 << TIF_RESTORE_RSE)
diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/m32r/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 18b058457d312ccdce6863c82f768094ac6befcf..763e8aec5ea572e5d3790b818b0e958961f439e8 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ static inline unsigned int get_thread_fault_code(void)
 #define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	5	/* callback before returning to user */
 #define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	8	/* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
 #define TIF_USEDFPU		16	/* FPU was used by this task this quantum (SMP) */
-#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	17	/* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		18	/* is terminating due to OOM killer */
 
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1<<TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@ static inline unsigned int get_thread_fault_code(void)
 #define _TIF_IRET		(1<<TIF_IRET)
 #define _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	(1<<TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
 #define _TIF_USEDFPU		(1<<TIF_USEDFPU)
-#define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1<<TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 
 #define _TIF_WORK_MASK		0x0000FFFE	/* work to do on interrupt/exception return */
 #define _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK	0x0000FFFF	/* work to do on any return to u-space */
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 6c610234ffab96c8d849dfc8dac498bfaf1c9919..a2565347a39d61cab11780a58993be22240febad 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ static inline bool test_and_clear_restore_sigmask(void)
 	ti->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
 	return true;
 }
+#define tsk_is_polling(t) test_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
index a75a11abf7b079d2a28a760c2cfcd0695d6af7df..8debe9e917549097d09f5083489714605066a1cc 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info __asm__("$28");
 #define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	5	/* callback before returning to user */
 #define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	9	/* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
 #define TIF_USEDFPU		16	/* FPU was used by this task this quantum (SMP) */
-#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	17	/* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		18	/* is terminating due to OOM killer */
 #define TIF_FIXADE		20	/* Fix address errors in software */
 #define TIF_LOGADE		21	/* Log address errors to syslog */
@@ -126,7 +125,6 @@ register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info __asm__("$28");
 #define _TIF_SECCOMP		(1<<TIF_SECCOMP)
 #define _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	(1<<TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
 #define _TIF_USEDFPU		(1<<TIF_USEDFPU)
-#define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1<<TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 #define _TIF_FIXADE		(1<<TIF_FIXADE)
 #define _TIF_LOGADE		(1<<TIF_LOGADE)
 #define _TIF_32BIT_REGS		(1<<TIF_32BIT_REGS)
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 224b4262486dbca41453861f95461b635bb40bcc..f90062b0622df11c2f049830f185adefa4a60b22 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ void arch_release_thread_info(struct thread_info *ti);
 #define _TIF_WORK_MASK		0x0000FFFE	/* work to do on interrupt/exception return */
 #define _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK	0x0000FFFF	/* work to do on any return to u-space */
 
+#define tsk_is_polling(t) test_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_THREAD_INFO_H */
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/thread_info.h
index d797acc901e4c2a6a81dd4998a8721c7a085b3bf..07f3212422adf916f2dfa590f492eb7a4dc517ad 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ register struct thread_info *current_thread_info_reg asm("r10");
 /* For OpenRISC, this is anything in the LSW other than syscall trace */
 #define _TIF_WORK_MASK (0xff & ~(_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE|_TIF_SINGLESTEP))
 
+#define tsk_is_polling(t) test_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_THREAD_INFO_H */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 255630808d63d68df3b9385112dc4c37c90534cf..d0e2fe7d54a69b7951a23af2e1806f38438e7195 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define _TIF_USER_WORK_MASK     (_TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME | \
                                  _TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
 
+#define tsk_is_polling(t) test_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_PARISC_THREAD_INFO_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
index faf93529cbf087876049790c2e1ef30fb29c5cd7..5b1974f651c002c4653d57392364ff56d883f326 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ static inline bool test_thread_local_flags(unsigned int flags)
 #define is_32bit_task()	(1)
 #endif
 
+#define tsk_is_polling(t) test_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
+
 #endif	/* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 4b4f6ffc86113d19abb78b32db9916eb60c00669..9e2cfe0349c3c5f50177a870ba6061ec7bd85dd0 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	9	/* syscall auditing active */
 #define TIF_SECCOMP		10	/* secure computing */
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT	11	/* syscall tracepoint instrumentation */
-#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	16	/* true if poll_idle() is polling
-					   TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
 #define TIF_31BIT		17	/* 32bit process */
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		18	/* is terminating due to OOM killer */
 #define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	19	/* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
@@ -108,7 +106,6 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	(1<<TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT)
 #define _TIF_SECCOMP		(1<<TIF_SECCOMP)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT	(1<<TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT)
-#define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1<<TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 #define _TIF_31BIT		(1<<TIF_31BIT)
 #define _TIF_SINGLE_STEP	(1<<TIF_SINGLE_STEP)
 
diff --git a/arch/score/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/score/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 9322a91902865c210403c17d8816faabdac832e9..1425cc034872e5993320e6722f4965bdb34f1189 100644
--- a/arch/score/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/score/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -86,15 +86,12 @@ register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info __asm__("r28");
 #define TIF_NEED_RESCHED	2	/* rescheduling necessary */
 #define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	5	/* callback before returning to user */
 #define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	9	/* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
-#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	17	/* true if poll_idle() is polling
-						 TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		18	/* is terminating due to OOM killer */
 
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1<<TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
 #define _TIF_SIGPENDING		(1<<TIF_SIGPENDING)
 #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED	(1<<TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
 #define _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	(1<<TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
-#define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1<<TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 
 #define _TIF_WORK_MASK		(0x0000ffff)
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/thread_info.h
index bc13b57cdc834210b95aaa70ea603298ed55f468..7d5ac4e4848518118ad07fce5eb34a763bd6d405 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ static inline bool test_and_clear_restore_sigmask(void)
 	ti->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
 	return true;
 }
+
+#define tsk_is_polling(t) test_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
+
 #endif	/* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_32.h
index dd3807599bb9ac63573191e1086e506699e5d41a..25849ae3e900305e86a138fabebb6b2484a1a07f 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_32.h
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ register struct thread_info *current_thread_info_reg asm("g6");
 #define _TIF_DO_NOTIFY_RESUME_MASK	(_TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME | \
 					 _TIF_SIGPENDING)
 
+#define tsk_is_polling(t) test_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_THREAD_INFO_H */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h
index cfa8c38fb9c8511d51cfbe17e3d8792584d8b241..4e227663108181b45700b0cb879d5043ee1da64b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ static inline bool test_and_clear_restore_sigmask(void)
 	ti->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
 	return true;
 }
+
+#define tsk_is_polling(t) test_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
+
 #endif	/* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/um/include/asm/thread_info.h
index c04e5ab68f56a3f14d3831c501c3af66b0d2610b..2c8eeb2df8b43a6c21b4b10da99fe1042276229f 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	0	/* syscall trace active */
 #define TIF_SIGPENDING		1	/* signal pending */
 #define TIF_NEED_RESCHED	2	/* rescheduling necessary */
-#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG      3       /* true if poll_idle() is polling
-					 * TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
 #define TIF_RESTART_BLOCK	4
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		5	/* is terminating due to OOM killer */
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	6
@@ -76,7 +74,6 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1 << TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
 #define _TIF_SIGPENDING		(1 << TIF_SIGPENDING)
 #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED	(1 << TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
-#define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG     (1 << TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 #define _TIF_MEMDIE		(1 << TIF_MEMDIE)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	(1 << TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT)
 
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/thread_info.h
index a27bc8ce5effe1d937a829bfd7eb1a214a83870e..214be732b2b27e2d602ec855095e90f59255ec50 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -132,14 +132,12 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		5	/* is terminating due to OOM killer */
 #define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	6	/* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
 #define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	7	/* callback before returning to user */
-#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	16	/* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
 
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1<<TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
 #define _TIF_SIGPENDING		(1<<TIF_SIGPENDING)
 #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED	(1<<TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
 #define _TIF_SINGLESTEP		(1<<TIF_SINGLESTEP)
 #define _TIF_IRET		(1<<TIF_IRET)
-#define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1<<TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 
 #define _TIF_WORK_MASK		0x0000FFFE	/* work to do on interrupt/exception return */
 #define _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK	0x0000FFFF	/* work to do on any return to u-space */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 649c9f876cb164b0e16683479b59bf4d4f3b794b..9dcf93c24d10758715f6755b9e470cdbcb91510d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static inline void init_hrtick(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 
 #ifndef tsk_is_polling
-#define tsk_is_polling(t) test_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
+#define tsk_is_polling(t) 0
 #endif
 
 void resched_task(struct task_struct *p)