--- /dev/null
+The kernel does not save these registers across system calls. GCC 4.4
+has gotten more agressive about using them for temporary variables, so
+this shows up as intermittent crashes if you use a recent compiler.
+
+Signed-off-by: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com>
+
+diff --git a/libc/sysdeps/linux/mips/bits/syscalls.h b/libc/sysdeps/linux/mips/bits/syscalls.h
+index 3639913..28b0f91 100644
+--- a/libc/sysdeps/linux/mips/bits/syscalls.h
++++ b/libc/sysdeps/linux/mips/bits/syscalls.h
+@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
+ })
+
+ #define __SYSCALL_CLOBBERS "$1", "$3", "$8", "$9", "$10", "$11", "$12", "$13", \
+- "$14", "$15", "$24", "$25", "memory"
++ "$14", "$15", "$24", "$25", "hi", "lo", "memory"
+
+ #else /* N32 || N64 */
+
+@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
+ })
+
+ #define __SYSCALL_CLOBBERS "$1", "$3", "$10", "$11", "$12", "$13", \
+- "$14", "$15", "$24", "$25", "memory"
++ "$14", "$15", "$24", "$25", "hi", "lo", "memory"
+
+ #endif
+
+
+--