Re: GCC 2.95.x and stalled processes [PATCH]

[Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 09:37:45AM -0600, Russell Cattelan wrote:
> Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 07:49:33AM -0500, Mark Hounschell wrote:
> > > Russell Cattelan wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "Hong H. Pham" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the patch.
> > > > I'll try to get this integrated in the next day or so.
> > > >
> > > This is good news..
> > > Will this fix also be put into the "patch" package anytime soon?
> >
> > Don't be so optimistic -- there was at least another long long related bug
> > triggered in 2.95 by XFS.
> 
> Yes our little shift bug is still lurking.
> 
> I'll see if I can dig that one up also... no promises.

Just putting the shift into another function may also help. long long bugs seem
to trigger under register pressure 

Just noone knows how many else are triggered by XFS in more obscure places :-/




-Andi