Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:57:49 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [2.6.27 patch] #error for gcc 4.1.{0,1} |
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:44:45 +0300 Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> wrote:
> gcc 4.1.0 and 4.1.1 are known to miscompile the kernel: > http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27781 > > Usage of weak functions has become a common pattern in the kernel, and > usages get added in each kernel version increasing the probability of > bugs with each kernel release. > > This miscompilation of weak functions can result in subtle runtime > errors. > > #error for gcc 4.1.0 and 4.1.1 to prevent users from running into > this bug. > > Note: > We already printed a #warning for gcc 4.1.0 due to a different bug.
I've been hiding from this because it would wreck a lot of my cross-compilers, which quite a few other people are using as well.
Vegard, save us!
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