Re: sys32_execve fix

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com>]

On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 06:56:42PM +0200, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

> > The problem is that "nargs" in arch/mips64/kernel/linux32.c fails when
> > argv is NULL, the patch below should fix the problem:
> 
>  How about just:
> 
>       if (!arg)
>               return 0;
> 
> at the top?  Gcc should optimize it to a single branch, likely not taken,
> and a register move.

Right.  Coincidentally this is also what was done to the IA64 port where
this code did originate.

  Ralf