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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Cc: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>,
	Axel Reinhold <axel@freakout.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel Bug in 2.4.35 when compiled gcc>=4.2.0 and -march=c3
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:01:16 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <46B761EC.2050803@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070806174536.GA12131@1wt.eu>

Willy Tarreau wrote:
> 
> I'm well aware of that, even in the example I wrote to reproduce the issue
> and posted to gcc's bugzilla, I clearly have one function prototype and a
> separate asm statement which contained a label with the function's name.
> 
> So in my opinion, the code above is not buggy. It's dirty (though I did
> not find how to produce the equivalent in a different manner).
> 

Well, top-level assembly is usually nasty.  Setting the section in the
assembly statement as you said is probably the only thing you *can* do.

I don't think there is any requirement that top-level assembly
statements get the section set to .text on their behalf.

	-hpa

  reply	other threads:[~2007-08-06 18:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-08-05  8:56 Kernel Bug in 2.4.35 when compiled gcc>=4.2.0 and -march=c3 Axel Reinhold
2007-08-05  9:49 ` Willy Tarreau
2007-08-05 15:43 ` Willy Tarreau
2007-08-05 19:17   ` Willy Tarreau
2007-08-06 13:05   ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-08-06 13:26     ` Willy Tarreau
2007-08-06 17:39       ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-08-06 17:45         ` Willy Tarreau
2007-08-06 18:01           ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2007-08-06 19:13             ` Willy Tarreau
2007-08-06 21:15             ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-08-06 21:16               ` Willy Tarreau
2007-08-07  5:04                 ` Axel Reinhold
2007-08-07  8:12                   ` Willy Tarreau

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