Description of problem: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): remove unused var in alloc_ldt() How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: This is very simple. The 4g4g patch removes all the accesses to the 'oldsize' variable in alloc_ldt(), except one now useless assignment and the variable declaration. This patch fully remove the useless variable. I test it using the 223851 reproducer which make heavy use of this part of code. 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
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committed in stream U6 build 55.14. A test kernel with this patch is available from http://people.redhat.com/~jbaron/rhel4/
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 234580 ***