Re: Releasing Potato
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> writes:
> Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@msu.edu> wrote:
> >
> > gcc 2.7.2 is the recommended compiler for the Linux kernel on i386.
> > Newer versions sometimes produce code with bugs under newer gcc's, and
> > up until recently ISTR that gcc 2.9.5 wouldn't even compile the Linux
> > kernel due to some changes in the inline assembly handling. This is
> > an ongoing issue on the linux-kernel mailing list.
>
> AFAIK There are no known issues other than strict aliasing and inline
> assemblies, both of which have been addressed. The stack alignment has
> also been reduced in line with gcc 2.7.2.*.
Okay, if have all been dealt with then that's the full list of known
vulnerabilities AFAIK. Still, the kernel hackers ask people to try
earlier compilers when strange problems are reported. I would hope
that we would not actually ship a kernel compiled with gcc 2.9.5 at
this time for that reason.
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