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Message-ID: <46A64C7F.5040508@zytor.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:01:19 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
CC: Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] getting rid of stupid loop in BUG()
Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Could it be a gcc version difference?
>>
>
> Likely. Well, we can always try it and see how much crap turns up. If
> gcc keeps quiet about it, its certainly an improvement over the dummy loop.
>
> J
You could do both, actually. If gcc sees the end without it, the loop
will simply get dead-code eliminated.
-hpa
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