Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757348AbXKTGmf (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:42:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752656AbXKTGm2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:42:28 -0500 Received: from rhun.apana.org.au ([64.62.148.172]:3416 "EHLO arnor.apana.org.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752655AbXKTGm1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:42:27 -0500 From: Herbert Xu To: davem@davemloft.net (David Miller) Subject: Re: Is there any word about this bug in gcc ? Cc: xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com, hpa@zytor.com, goodmenkernel@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Organization: Core In-Reply-To: <20071119.221710.241875586.davem@davemloft.net> X-Newsgroups: apana.lists.os.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.7.4-20040225 ("Benbecula") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.17-rc4 (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:41:29 +0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 868 Lines: 21 David Miller 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. Cheers, -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt - 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/