Re: Is there any word about this bug in gcc ?

[H. Peter Anvin]

Herbert Xu wrote:
> David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
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