> If we revert the patch now, I will not be able to work on it again in > nearest months, which means 4.9 will not get updated asan. > How bad that is -- I don't know.
When you contribute patches, you should allocate enough time with your employer to address any fall out. This problem likely affects libsanitizer for PowerPC on LLVM also. A feature that only works on a particular architecture and a particular OS level has its own risks associated with the limited coverage and functionality. - David
