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Herbert Xu wrote: > David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote: >> Because the compiler knows things about the inputs and can >> thus apply optimizations that a static implementation in glibc >> that has to handle all forms of inputs cannot. > > On an unrelated note, I wonder if distros will be treating this > with the same level of urgency as security vulnerabilities, > especially in light of Shamir's recent note on maths errors. > This one is definitely messy. There is absolutely no way to know what gcc has miscompiled. It looks to me that both gcc 4.2 and 4.3 are affected, any others? -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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