Bug#100535: gcc-3.0-20010610 refuses to compile correct
On 11 Jun 01 at 13:58, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > gcc_3.0-3.0-0pre010609 refuses to compile Linux kernel
> > because of it does not treat following code as correct
> > anymore. gcc-2.95.4-20010604 and gcc-3.0-20010426 both
> > compile this code without any complaints.
> >
> > -------
> > #include <sys/time.h>
> >
> > extern struct timeval xtime;
> >
> > volatile struct timeval xtime;
> > -------
>
> I'd call that a kernel bug. The extern definition is substantially
> worse than useless without the volatile keyword present in it!
Alan Cox just told me that he applied my patch to kernel, so gcc
maintainer can just close this bug. Or can I do that myself?
Best regards,
Petr Vandrovec
vandrove@vc.cvut.cz
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