Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756957AbXJCQJl (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Oct 2007 12:09:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752324AbXJCQJe (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Oct 2007 12:09:34 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:48092 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751341AbXJCQJd (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Oct 2007 12:09:33 -0400 Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 09:09:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Alan Cox cc: Ingo Molnar , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Greg KH , Alexander Viro , Peter Zijlstra Subject: Re: [bug] crash when reading /proc/mounts (was: Re: Linux 2.6.23-rc9 and a heads-up for the 2.6.24 series..) In-Reply-To: <20071003165128.46e232ab@the-village.bc.nu> Message-ID: References: <20071003084607.GC32218@elte.hu> <20071003165128.46e232ab@the-village.bc.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 779 Lines: 22 On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, Alan Cox wrote: > > > and btw, there is no question what-so-ever about whether your compiler > > might be doing a legal optimization - the compiler really is wrong, and is > > Pedant: valid. Almost all optimizations are legal, nobody has yet written > laws about compilers. Sorry but I'm forever fixing misuse of the word > "illegal" in printks, docs and the like and it gets annoying after a bit. Heh. When I'm ruler of the universe, it *will* be illegal. I'm just getting a bit ahead of myself. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/