[PATCH] [POWERPC] Fix kernel builds with newer gcc versions and -Os
Scott Wood
scottwood at freescale.com
Sat May 3 08:38:21 EST 2008
David Miller wrote:
> From: Scott Wood <scottwood at freescale.com>
> Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 17:16:07 -0500
>
>> 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.
>
> Not really, there are several interfaces in libgcc that need some
> runtime help from the C library or the dynamic linker.
>
> For example, EH frame support.
...which is in libgcc_eh, not libgcc, and is in support of features not
found in the language that libc is implemented in, avoiding any
possibility of a cyclic dependency. And the sort of libc functions it
uses are basic, standard things like memcpy and malloc. Much easier and
more stable to implement than the internal libgcc interface.
> You really don't know what you're talking about.
Yawn.
>> I'd say problems are more likely if you use nonstandard implementations
>> of GCC internals...
>
> The kernel is a special environment. Therefore even if you start
> linking with libgcc, it is inevitable that you will need some
> changed local version for some of those routines in the kernel.
Such as?
-Scott
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