linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] provide out-of-line strcat() for m68k

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Date:	Wed, 21 May 2008 06:30:12 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	geert@...ux-m68k.org, linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] provide out-of-line strcat() for m68k

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 05:34:58AM +0200, Roman Zippel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 21 May 2008, Al Viro wrote:
> 
> > Whether we sidestep it in init/main.c or not, such situations
> > will arise again; compiler does generate calls of strcat()
> > on optimizations, so we really ought to have an out-of-line
> > version...
> 
> It actually was strlen that was generated and not strcat.

Here it replaced strncat() with call of strcat() (gcc 4.0.1, FWIW).
And yes, I can show you init/main.s with
	jbsr strcat	|
in it generated on kernel in b0rken range...
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