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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/init-first.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/init-first.c
index 9d7774a19e..6d974ea1e6 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/init-first.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/init-first.c
@@ -32,22 +32,18 @@ extern void __libc_global_ctors (void);
static void
init (int *data)
{
+ extern int __personality (int);
+
int argc = *data;
char **argv = (void *) (data + 1);
char **envp = &argv[argc + 1];
-#ifdef __i386__
- /* Make sure we are not using the iBSC2 personality. The `personality'
- syscall takes one argument; zero means the Linux personality. The
- argument arrives in %ebx; we have to save and restore %ebx by hand
- here, because GCC (as of 2.7.0) cannot handle saving and restoring it
- for us when it is the dedicated GOT register for PIC. */
- asm ("pushl %%ebx\n"
- "xorl %%ebx, %%ebx\n"
- "int $0x80 # syscall no %0\n"
- "popl %%ebx"
- : : "a" (SYS_ify (personality)));
-#endif
+ /* The `personality' system call takes one argument that chooses the
+ "personality", i.e. the set of system calls and such. Zero is the
+ native Linux value; we must make this call first thing to disable
+ emulation of some other system that might have been enabled by default
+ based on the executable format. */
+ __personality (0);
/* Set the FPU control word to the proper default value. */
__setfpucw (__fpu_control);