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SubjectRe: [PATCH] sparc, exec: remove redundant addr_limit assignment
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 5:58 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
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> The reason the test is only in this specific spot, is that's the only
> place where the optimization makes any sense.

Well, considering that it didn't make any sense there *either*, that's
kind of pointless.

We always had the unconditional "set_fs()" in the exec path. It only
got moved, and as part of that conscious effort, the pointless
architecture churn is getting cleaned up.

Linus


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