[PATCH] [POWERPC] Fix kernel builds with newer gcc versions and -Os
Scott Wood
scottwood at freescale.com
Sat May 3 08:16:07 EST 2008
David Miller wrote:
> The problem only occurs once you reference a function that references
> libc stuff, and those guys are just lucky so far.
Yeah, lucky they don't need to reinvent the wheel every time the
GCC/libgcc interface changes. :-)
If GCC generates a call to a libgcc function that calls a libc function,
I'd consider that a pretty serious bug, given that said libc function is
likely to consist of GCC-generated code, which could call the same
libgcc function, which calls the libc function, etc.
> It's also one less variable to debug if you put the implementation
> in the kernel, or do you like debugging compiler induced problems?
> I don't :-)
I'd say problems are more likely if you use nonstandard implementations
of GCC internals...
-Scott
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