Re: gcc 4.5.1 / as 2.20.51.0.11 miscompiling drivers/char/i8k.c ?

[Jeff Law]

On 11/08/10 03:49, Richard Guenther wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 12:03 AM, Andi Kleen<andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > Andreas Schwab<schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  writes:
> > > The asm fails to mention that it modifies *regs.
> > It has a memory clobber, that should be enough, no?
> No.  A memory clobber does not cover automatic storage.
A memory clobber should clobber anything in memory, including autos in 
memory; if it doesn't, then that seems like a major problem.  I'd like 
to see the rationale behind not clobbering autos in memory.

Jeff
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