From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752500AbbCXMHt (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:07:49 -0400 Received: from service87.mimecast.com ([91.220.42.44]:53358 "EHLO service87.mimecast.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752246AbbCXMHq convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:07:46 -0400 Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 12:07:39 +0000 From: Dave Martin To: Lino Sanfilippo Cc: Lino Sanfilippo , linux@arm.linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/1] Wrong structure alignment due to compiler attribute "section" Message-ID: <20150324120733.GA3579@e103592.cambridge.arm.com> References: <20150304143527.GA5653@e103592.cambridge.arm.com> <54F732DA.2050004@marvell.com> <20150305122606.GC3612@e103592.cambridge.arm.com> <54F8582B.80703@marvell.com> <20150305134733.GE3612@e103592.cambridge.arm.com> <54F8770C.8080709@marvell.com> <20150305173327.GF3612@e103592.cambridge.arm.com> <54F9B36F.8040307@marvell.com> <54F9EFE2.2020205@gmx.de> <550E132A.7050304@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <550E132A.7050304@gmx.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Mar 2015 12:07:42.0584 (UTC) FILETIME=[21869780:01D0662B] X-MC-Unique: 115032412074401001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 01:56:10AM +0100, Lino Sanfilippo wrote: > On 06.03.2015 19:20, Lino Sanfilippo wrote: > > > >>> > >> > >> Ok, I got a link to the source now. It can be found here: > >> > >> http://tp-lab200/release/gcc/temp/internal/2010q4-113-4.4.5/marvell-gcc.src-2010q4-113.tar.bz2 > >> > > > > > > Sigh. Just realized that the url is not accessible. Will check that on > > monday. > > > > Lino > > > > Hello Dave, > > sorry for my late reply. But I was a few days out of office and had to > contact some people which are not in my departement. The outcome is: > there is no public repository in which the source code of that special > (buggy) toolchain is available any more. There are newer versions > already, but even for those the source code is only accessible for > customers (thats what I was told). However the responsible developer (GPL?) > could confirm that the wrong alignment I initially reported is indeed a > bug in the toolchain which now is fixed in the newer versions. > I really would have liked to send you the source, but unfortunately I > cant. However thanks again for all your help. Never mind -- hopefully this issue was caused by something that got fixed upstream meanwhile, or that never went upstream in the first place. Debugging legacy vendor toolchain forks isn't a very interesting pursuit... We can revisit the issue if it comes up again, but I've not heard of any other instances of this type of issue so far. Cheers ---Dave From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave.Martin@arm.com (Dave Martin) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 12:07:39 +0000 Subject: [RFC PATCH 0/1] Wrong structure alignment due to compiler attribute "section" In-Reply-To: <550E132A.7050304@gmx.de> References: <20150304143527.GA5653@e103592.cambridge.arm.com> <54F732DA.2050004@marvell.com> <20150305122606.GC3612@e103592.cambridge.arm.com> <54F8582B.80703@marvell.com> <20150305134733.GE3612@e103592.cambridge.arm.com> <54F8770C.8080709@marvell.com> <20150305173327.GF3612@e103592.cambridge.arm.com> <54F9B36F.8040307@marvell.com> <54F9EFE2.2020205@gmx.de> <550E132A.7050304@gmx.de> Message-ID: <20150324120733.GA3579@e103592.cambridge.arm.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 01:56:10AM +0100, Lino Sanfilippo wrote: > On 06.03.2015 19:20, Lino Sanfilippo wrote: > > > >>> > >> > >> Ok, I got a link to the source now. It can be found here: > >> > >> http://tp-lab200/release/gcc/temp/internal/2010q4-113-4.4.5/marvell-gcc.src-2010q4-113.tar.bz2 > >> > > > > > > Sigh. Just realized that the url is not accessible. Will check that on > > monday. > > > > Lino > > > > Hello Dave, > > sorry for my late reply. But I was a few days out of office and had to > contact some people which are not in my departement. The outcome is: > there is no public repository in which the source code of that special > (buggy) toolchain is available any more. There are newer versions > already, but even for those the source code is only accessible for > customers (thats what I was told). However the responsible developer (GPL?) > could confirm that the wrong alignment I initially reported is indeed a > bug in the toolchain which now is fixed in the newer versions. > I really would have liked to send you the source, but unfortunately I > cant. However thanks again for all your help. Never mind -- hopefully this issue was caused by something that got fixed upstream meanwhile, or that never went upstream in the first place. Debugging legacy vendor toolchain forks isn't a very interesting pursuit... We can revisit the issue if it comes up again, but I've not heard of any other instances of this type of issue so far. Cheers ---Dave