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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Cc: Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>, Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>,
	Nicholas Miell <nmiell@comcast.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.19-rc6] Stop gcc 4.1.0 optimizing wait_hpet_tick away
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:05:51 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061130210551.e5ca0f29.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061129201410.GB1736@1wt.eu>

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:14:10 +0100
Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> wrote:

> Then why not simply check for gcc 4.1.0 in compiler.h and refuse to build
> with 4.1.0 if it's known to produce bad code ?

Think so.  I'll queue this and see how many howls it causes.

--- a/init/main.c~gcc-4-1-0-is-bust
+++ a/init/main.c
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@
 #error Sorry, your GCC is too old. It builds incorrect kernels.
 #endif
 
+#if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 1 && __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ == 0
+#error gcc-4.1.0 is known to miscompile the kernel.  Please use a different compiler version.
+#endif
+
 static int init(void *);
 
 extern void init_IRQ(void);
_


  reply	other threads:[~2006-12-01  5:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-11-29  2:22 [patch 2.6.19-rc6] Stop gcc 4.1.0 optimizing wait_hpet_tick away Keith Owens
2006-11-29  3:08 ` Nicholas Miell
2006-11-29  3:56   ` Keith Owens
2006-11-29  4:04     ` David Miller
2006-11-29  4:30       ` Keith Owens
2006-11-29  4:57         ` Nicholas Miell
2006-11-30  1:04       ` David Schwartz
2006-12-01  5:50         ` Kyle Moffett
2006-12-01 11:24           ` David Schwartz
2006-12-01 12:08             ` Kyle Moffett
2006-12-01 13:52               ` David Schwartz
2006-12-02  9:02                 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-12-01 12:31             ` Andreas Schwab
2006-12-01 14:03               ` David Schwartz
2006-12-02 10:39                 ` Kyle Moffett
2006-12-03  4:29                   ` David Schwartz
2006-12-07 14:02                     ` Kyle Moffett
2006-12-08  4:22                       ` David Schwartz
2006-11-29  9:08     ` Jakub Jelinek
2006-11-29 20:14       ` Willy Tarreau
2006-12-01  5:05         ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2006-12-01  5:14           ` Keith Owens
2006-12-01  5:26             ` Willy Tarreau
2006-12-01  6:32               ` Keith Owens
2006-12-01  7:28                 ` Willy Tarreau
2006-12-01  7:57                   ` Jakub Jelinek

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