Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933961AbYCEXRk (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:17:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933452AbYCEXRP (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:17:15 -0500 Received: from dspnet.fr.eu.org ([213.186.44.138]:2363 "EHLO dspnet.fr.eu.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932920AbYCEXRO (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:17:14 -0500 Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 00:17:12 +0100 From: Olivier Galibert To: Michael Matz Cc: Joe Buck , Jan Hubicka , Aurelien Jarno , "H. Peter Anvin" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: RELEASE BLOCKER: Linux doesn't follow x86/x86-64 ABI wrt direction flag Message-ID: <20080305231712.GC2649@dspnet.fr.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: Olivier Galibert , Michael Matz , Joe Buck , Jan Hubicka , Aurelien Jarno , "H. Peter Anvin" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gcc@gcc.gnu.org References: <20080305153020.GA24631@volta.aurel32.net> <47CEC3AA.6080709@zytor.com> <20080305195834.GA17267@synopsys.com> <20080305202319.GA17053@volta.aurel32.net> <20080305204234.GB17267@synopsys.com> <20080305204945.GB14011@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <20080305212005.GC17267@synopsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 766 Lines: 16 On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 10:43:33PM +0100, Michael Matz wrote: > FWIW I don't think it's a release blocker for 4.3.0. The error is arcane > and happens seldomly if at all. And only on unfixed kernels. A program > needs to do std explicitely, which most don't do _and_ get hit by a signal > while begin in a std region. This happens so seldom that it didn't occur > in building the next openSuSE 11.0, and it continually builds packages > with 4.3 since months. How would you know whether it has happened? OG. -- 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/