Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 06 Nov 2014 15:44:27 +0100 | From | Vlastimil Babka <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] compiler-gcc*.h: remove inaccurate comment about 'asm goto' miscompiles |
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On 10/26/2014 12:09 AM, Steven Noonan wrote: > The bug referenced by the comment in this commit was not completely fixed in > GCC 4.8.2, as I mentioned in a thread back in February[1]. The conclusion at > that time was to make the quirk unconditional until the bug could be found and > fixed in GCC. Unfortunately, when I submitted the patch (commit a9f18034) > I left a comment in that claimed the bug was fixed in GCC 4.8.2+. This comment > is inaccurate, and should be removed.
I believe the original gcc bug was indeed fixed, but there's another bug [1] not yet fixed, see also [2]. So maybe the new bug number should be added to the comments?
Vlastimil
[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61772 [2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/7/10/398
> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/2/12/797 > Signed-off-by: Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> > --- > include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h | 1 - > include/linux/compiler-gcc5.h | 1 - > 2 files changed, 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h > index 2507fd2..d1a5582 100644 > --- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h > +++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h > @@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ > * http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58670 > * > * Work it around via a compiler barrier quirk suggested by Jakub Jelinek. > - * Fixed in GCC 4.8.2 and later versions. > * > * (asm goto is automatically volatile - the naming reflects this.) > */ > diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc5.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc5.h > index cdd1cc2..c8c5659 100644 > --- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc5.h > +++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc5.h > @@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ > * http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58670 > * > * Work it around via a compiler barrier quirk suggested by Jakub Jelinek. > - * Fixed in GCC 4.8.2 and later versions. > * > * (asm goto is automatically volatile - the naming reflects this.) > */ >
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