Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933659AbYCFNvx (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2008 08:51:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757589AbYCFNvp (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2008 08:51:45 -0500 Received: from dspnet.fr.eu.org ([213.186.44.138]:1197 "EHLO dspnet.fr.eu.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754661AbYCFNvo (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2008 08:51:44 -0500 Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 14:51:39 +0100 From: Olivier Galibert To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Chris Lattner , Michael Matz , Richard Guenther , Joe Buck , Jan Hubicka , Aurelien Jarno , 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: <20080306135139.GA5236@dspnet.fr.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: Olivier Galibert , "H. Peter Anvin" , Chris Lattner , Michael Matz , Richard Guenther , Joe Buck , Jan Hubicka , Aurelien Jarno , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gcc@gcc.gnu.org References: <20080305212005.GC17267@synopsys.com> <84fc9c000803051332q2f2eedeej7d3c0509e698cabf@mail.gmail.com> <47CF11D6.7070901@zytor.com> <738B72DB-A1D6-43F8-813A-E49688D05771@apple.com> <2F47E21A-9055-4EC3-99CF-B666BBC045C3@apple.com> <47CF3F09.4080606@zytor.com> <578FCA7D-D7A6-44F6-9310-4A97C13CDCBE@apple.com> <47CF44E7.3020106@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47CF44E7.3020106@zytor.com> 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: 583 Lines: 16 On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 05:12:07PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > It's a kernel bug, and it needs to be fixed. I'm not convinced. It's been that way for 15 years, it's that way in the BSD kernels, at that point it's a feature. The bug is in the documentation, nowhere else. And in gcc for blindly trusting the documentation. 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/