linux-kernel - Re: Is gcc thread-unsafe?

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Date:	Sun, 4 Nov 2007 09:45:42 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@...il.com>
cc:	Andrew Haley <aph@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tomash Brechko <tomash.brechko@...il.com>
Subject: Re: Is gcc thread-unsafe?



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.

		Linus
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