Was it worth the trouble?

Was it worth the trouble?

Posted Mar 9, 2008 20:07 UTC (Sun) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458)
In reply to: Was it worth the trouble? by eru
Parent article: GCC 4.3.0 exposes a kernel bug

Was in worth the trouble fixing this in the kernel?

Definitely. The kernel must do "the right thing", without regard to any idiocy commited by the programs it is running. Not doing so might open vulnerabilities.

Was it really worth it in GCC?

Not so sure... but the compiler should enforce the relevant ABIs (and is also entitled to assume they are being followed).

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