Linus Torvalds writes: > > > On Sun, 4 Nov 2007, Bart Van Assche wrote: > > > > Has it already been decided who will do this audit, and when this > > audit will happen ? Has a target date been set when this audit > > should be complete, or is the completion of this audit a > > requirement for the release of a specific gcc version ? > > I am told that the gcc people realized that was indeed a bug > (people were able to show problems even in non-threaded > environments with mprotect()), and have now fixed it in the current > gcc sources. That still leaves the old versions with potential > problems, but I think it makes it much less interesting to audit > for these things.
We're back-porting the patch to all open branches. However, this patch only affects one paticular case where gcc introduces a data race; we're sure there are others not fixed. Andrew. -- Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, UK Registered in England and Wales No. 3798903 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
