On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 03:10:12PM -0800, David Miller wrote: > From: Michael Matz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 00:07:39 +0100 (CET) > > > The fix lies in the kernel, the work-around in gcc. > > This depends upon how you interpret this ABI situation. > > There is at least some agreement that how things have > actually been implemented by these kernels for more > than 15 years trumps whatever a paper standard states.
We had a similar argument about the undefinedness of signed int overflow. That's what the standard says, yet code that assumes otherwise is pervasive, including in gcc itself. If a standard is widely violated in a very consistent way, the violation in effect becomes standard.
