1 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/string/rawmemchr.c b/string/rawmemchr.c
index 05b22be24e..228ca9d216 100644
--- a/string/rawmemchr.c
+++ b/string/rawmemchr.c
@@ -86,15 +86,8 @@ RAWMEMCHR (s, c_in)
 
      The 1-bits make sure that carries propagate to the next 0-bit.
      The 0-bits provide holes for carries to fall into.  */
-
-  if (sizeof (longword) != 4 && sizeof (longword) != 8)
-    abort ();
-
-#if LONG_MAX <= LONG_MAX_32_BITS
-  magic_bits = 0x7efefeff;
-#else
-  magic_bits = ((unsigned long int) 0x7efefefe << 32) | 0xfefefeff;
-#endif
+  magic_bits = -1;
+  magic_bits = magic_bits / 0xff * 0xfe << 1 >> 1 | 1;
 
   /* Set up a longword, each of whose bytes is C.  */
   charmask = c | (c << 8);