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diff --git a/gl/open-safer.c b/gl/open-safer.c
index 15bf6a65..3b36471f 100644
--- a/gl/open-safer.c
+++ b/gl/open-safer.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* Invoke open, but avoid some glitches.
- Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2005-2006, 2008-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -35,13 +35,9 @@ open_safer (char const *file, int flags, ...)
va_list ap;
va_start (ap, flags);
- /* Assume mode_t promotes to int if and only if it is smaller.
- This assumption isn't guaranteed by the C standard, but we
- don't know of any real-world counterexamples. */
- if (sizeof (mode_t) < sizeof (int))
- mode = va_arg (ap, int);
- else
- mode = va_arg (ap, mode_t);
+ /* We have to use PROMOTED_MODE_T instead of mode_t, otherwise GCC 4
+ creates crashing code when 'mode_t' is smaller than 'int'. */
+ mode = va_arg (ap, PROMOTED_MODE_T);
va_end (ap);
}