Re: Linux 2.6.27.27

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Mon Jul 20 2009 - 18:09:33 EST




On Mon, 20 Jul 2009, Krzysztof Oledzki wrote:
>
> No problem. Please let me know what should I do to help tracking this issue.

Can you build two kernels: one with -fwrapv, and one with
-fno-strict-overflow, and then verify that

- they are otherwise identical (ie exact same source code, same compiler
etc)

- verify that yes, the -fwrapv kernel works, the other does not. Just to
avoid the confusion that obviously exists with Debian/sid binutils
upgrades that _also_ happens result in nonbootable kernels.

- upload the 'vmlinux' images somewhere (I'm not sure what the limits for
binary attachments are at the kernel bugzilla, but that would be the
logical place)

In fact, it would be nice to have a third "identical" kernel build, except
with neither -fwrapv/-fno-strict-overflow.

Linus
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