Re: "elf core dump: fix get_user use" breaks mips compilation

[Martin Michlmayr]

* Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2009-02-16 23:32]:
> Partially expanding get_user() the code basically does this:
> 
> 	int word;
> 
> 	if (access_ok(...))
> 		__get_user(word, header);
> 	else
> 		word = 0;
> 
> And gcc is unable to figure out that word will always be assigned to by
> both paths of the if statement.  Older gcc versions used to have that
> problem.  I can't reproduce your problem with gcc 4.3.2 and I assume
> you're using something older than that?

Yes, gcc 4.1.
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Martin Michlmayr
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