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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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