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SubjectRe: -fno-strength-reduce
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> From:	Arvind Sankar <arvinds@mit.edu>
> To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: -fno-strength-reduce
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> Why is this option given to the compiler?

Tradition.

At some platforms (all?) at least earlier versions of GCC did
produce bogus code if -O(2)'s default '-fstrength-reduce' mode
was left on.

When that bug finally got fixed (has it been fixed?), I don't
know.

> -- arvind

/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>

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