Bug 426181 - 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33) -fstrict-aliasing causes skipped code
Summary: 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33) -fstrict-aliasing causes skipped code
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gcc
Version: 8
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Jakub Jelinek
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-12-19 01:46 UTC by Ehud Gavron
Modified: 2007-12-19 07:55 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-12-19 07:55:00 UTC
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Description Ehud Gavron 2007-12-19 01:46:58 UTC
Description of problem:

This problem is described in detail in 
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32328

Which says gnu.org's 4.1.2 is clean of this bug.

That fix needs to be backported to Redhat 4.1.2-33 and Fedora 4.1.2 20070925

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 4.1.2 20070925 (Redhat 4.1.2-33)


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Comment 1 Ehud Gavron 2007-12-19 05:52:51 UTC
The symptoms appear when compiling kernel module 
drivers/net/wireless/b43/rfkill.c

The code that calls KEY_WLAN 1 and KEY_WLAN 0 is optimized out.

This is why Fedora 2.6.22-1.42 (f8 x86_64) worked in lighting the LED and
Fedora 2.6.22-1.49 (same arch) didn't.  Same code, different compilation result.

There are additional examples in the references bugzillas... just thought I'd
add a Fedora-specific one.  I'm not a compiler-internals guy.  Just pointing out
this was patched in the gnu 4.1.2 but not in the RH/F 4.1.2.


Comment 2 Jakub Jelinek 2007-12-19 07:55:00 UTC
Kernel modules should be compiled with -fno-strict-aliasing anyway, kernel
violates aliasing in hundreds of places.
If you read the PR properly, it would be clear this is a WONTFIX for 4.1.x/4.2.x,
the changes aren't really backportable to earlier GCC versions and are massive.


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