--- /tmp/elks/fs/exec.c	Mon Apr 29 03:02:28 2002
+++ fs/exec.c	Fri May 17 15:14:34 2002
@@ -266,16 +266,8 @@
      */
 
     ptr = ((char *) mh.dseg) + stack_top;
-    count = mh.bseg;
-    while (count) {
-	pokeb(dseg, ptr++, 0);
-	count--;
-    }
-    /* fmemset should work, but doesn't */
 
-#if 0
-    fmemset(ptr, dseg, 0, count);
-#endif
+    fmemset((char *)mh.dseg + stack_top, dseg, 0, mh.bseg);
 
     /*
      *      Copy the stack