Re: [patch 134/149] x86, paravirt: Add a global synchronization point for pvclock

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 07/14/2010 11:15 AM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> 
> I think we should consider that deprecated and rely on dependencies and
> clobbers.
> 

I don't think that's practical in general.  If the compiler is *that
broken*, I don't see how it is usable at all.

As Linus indicated, I don't think we can assume the gcc documentation to
accurately reflect the intent of the gcc team, mostly because I think it
often lags way behind what they're thinking.

	-hpa

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