Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 May 1997 05:55:46 +0200 (MET DST) | From | "Michael L. Galbraith" <> | Subject | Re: gcc bug tickled by non-SMP linux-2.1.37-pre2 |
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On Thu, 1 May 1997, Horst von Brand wrote:
> [This message has also been posted.] > I recently reported that .../arch/i386/kernel/init_task.c crashes > gcc-2.7.2.2.f.2. Further investigation uncovered a subtle bug tickled by > the union init_task_union initialization, due to the fact that spinlock_t is > defined as an empty struct in .../include/asm-i386/spinlock.h, and is > initialized as such here. I just reported the bug to the gcc folks, see > below and enjoy (or weep, as the case may be). I hate to put something into > spinlock_t just to get away with this (gcc does optimize empty structs > away). Any other thoughts? >
I just tried 2.7.2, 2.7.2.1 and 2.7.2.2.. all bomb out. The good news is that pgcc-970426 works fine.
-Mike
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