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GCC 4.3.0 exposes a kernel bugGCC 4.3.0 exposes a kernel bugPosted Mar 14, 2008 21:21 UTC (Fri) by zlynx (subscriber, #2285)In reply to: GCC 4.3.0 exposes a kernel bug by giraffedata Parent article: GCC 4.3.0 exposes a kernel bug
Claiming that it's standard "because GCC does it that way" completely ignores all the other compilers that do *not* do it that way.
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GCC 4.3.0 exposes a kernel bug Posted Mar 14, 2008 22:26 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link] Claiming that it's standard "because GCC does it that way" completely ignores all the other compilers that do *not* do it that way. I think you got it backward. I claim it's standard because Linux does it that way. Linux is what violates the prescribed standard. I also didn't state the de facto standard as precisely as I could have, because Linux clearly should change to clear the DF flag. But Gcc should continue to clear it too, because old Linux exists.
GCC 4.3.0 exposes a kernel bug Posted Mar 14, 2008 22:42 UTC (Fri) by zlynx (subscriber, #2285) [Link] > But Gcc should continue to clear it too, because old Linux exists. This does not buy you anything except slowing down all your code unnecessarily. Any user might use a binary built with some other compiler, like the precompiled commercial MySQL server, or a game. Software running through Wine is probably built with Visual Studio. A JIT like Mono or Java might generate code that doesn't reset DF. A developer might be using TCC for ultra-fast compiles. There is also LLVM: I don't know, but it might not do the DF clear either. See what I mean about other compilers? Do you wish to have every one of them also clear DF on every function?
GCC 4.3.0 exposes a kernel bug Posted Mar 15, 2008 0:07 UTC (Sat) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] ICC has apparently never cleared DF. I guess nobody's ever tried compiling programs that make heavy use of asynchronous signal handlers with ICC on Linux...
GCC 4.3.0 exposes a kernel bug Posted Mar 15, 2008 2:23 UTC (Sat) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link] OK, I see your point.
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