On 16.08.2011 17:25, Mark Phippard wrote: > Where do we stand on this? I have not seen anyone propose the obvious > fix which would be to reverse the commit that caused the problem. Do > we really need this optimization if it can segfault with the wrong > compiler settings?
Has anyone tried compiling with -fno-strict-aliasing? What we're seeing here is clearly a compiler bug, and GCC did have trouble with strict aliasing bugs at some point. -- Brane