Re: [patch 134/149] x86, paravirt: Add a global synchronization point for pvclock

H. Peter Anvin
2010-07-14T18:20:58Z

On 07/14/2010 11:15 AM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>
> I think we should consider that deprecated and rely on dependencies and
> clobbers.
>

I don't think that's practical in general. If the compiler is *that
broken*, I don't see how it is usable at all.

As Linus indicated, I don't think we can assume the gcc documentation to
accurately reflect the intent of the gcc team, mostly because I think it
often lags way behind what they're thinking.

-hpa