From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Mirco Tischler <mt-ml@gmx.de>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG: 2.6.26-rc3] ERROR: "____ilog2_NaN" undefined
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:14:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080609221440.GA22227@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080608144112.1d623ed4@mtlp.tischlernetz>
On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 02:41:12PM +0200, Mirco Tischler wrote:
> Here's an update:
> I've contacted the gcc folks. Here is the bugzilla entry:
> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=36359
> We were able to trace the error down to usb_submit_urb() in
> drivers/usb/core/urb.c which calls ilog2() and the gcc falsely assumes its
> argument (urb->interval) to be zero. But as I understood they say it's the
> kernel's fault because the code depends on correct optimization what seems a
> little weird for me as incorrect optimization is a gcc bug IMHO. But I am not
> an expert and maybe I've just understood something wrong because I'm not a
> native speaker.
I'm confused how the kernel code could be at fault here.
How could it be fixed to not be at fault?
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-09 22:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-25 17:13 [BUG: 2.6.26-rc3] ERROR: "____ilog2_NaN" undefined Mirco Tischler
2008-05-25 18:11 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-05-25 19:03 ` Mirco Tischler
2008-05-25 20:18 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-05-25 20:57 ` Mirco Tischler
2008-05-25 21:03 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-05-25 21:49 ` Mirco Tischler
2008-05-26 21:16 ` Mirco Tischler
2008-05-27 23:56 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-06-08 12:41 ` Mirco Tischler
2008-06-09 22:14 ` Greg KH [this message]
2008-06-10 10:15 ` Adrian Bunk
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