43669 – Fix for Silent miscompilation by gcc 3.3.x of x86 kernel.

Bug 43669 - Fix for Silent miscompilation by gcc 3.3.x of x86 kernel.

Summary: Fix for Silent miscompilation by gcc 3.3.x of x86 kernel.

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] GCC Porting (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Toolchain Maintainers

URL:	http://archives.linuxfromscratch.org/...
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Reported:	2004-03-03 16:33 UTC by Ronald Hummelink
Modified:	2004-07-11 14:03 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Ronald Hummelink 2004-03-03 16:33:48 UTC

All gcc 3.3 versions do a slight and silent miscompilation of the kernel.

Zack Winkles pointed this out...

http://archives.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archives/patches/2004-March/000908.html
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-08/msg02007.html

Patch is not included in the patchset/branch update in the latest ~x86 ebuild (gcc-3.3.3.ebuild)


Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Travis Tilley (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-07-11 14:03:56 UTC

fix is present in 3.3.3-r6