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-  Lines: 9
 -  Date:
Wed Dec 27 07:38:47 1995
 -  Orig file: 
v1.3.50/linux/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
 -  Orig date: 
Wed Sep 13 12:45:29 1995
 
diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.50/linux/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c linux/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
@@ -245,8 +245,6 @@
 		eip = (unsigned long) sa->sa_handler;
 		if (sa->sa_flags & SA_ONESHOT)
 			sa->sa_handler = NULL;
-/* force a supervisor-mode page-in of the signal handler to reduce races */
-		__asm__("testb $0,%%fs:%0": :"m" (*(char *) eip));
 		regs->cs = USER_CS; regs->ss = USER_DS;
 		regs->ds = USER_DS; regs->es = USER_DS;
 		regs->gs = USER_DS; regs->fs = USER_DS;
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