PATCH: 2 x86-64 ABI bugs in gcc 3.3 and 3.4

["H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>]

On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 07:28:15AM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 02:23:48PM +0200, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> > | 
> > | As for the patch itself, the ABI changes involved here are for truly
> > | obscure cases.
> > 
> > As I explained in another message, I was going *not* to approve the
> > patch no matter what you decide for 3.4.x.  Then I *did look* at the
> > actual PRs. 
> > 
> > | I thought aobut the situation quite a bit before
> > | approving the patch, and decided that it was probably better to fix
> > | this problem soon, so that 3.4.1 would be compatible with 3.5.x, even
> > 
> > That is what I thought we're going to do, given the actual PRs, your
> > past experience with ABI testing, debates and late take for GCC.
> > 
> 
> I can add a new switch to 3.3 and 3.4. By default, gcc will issue
> an error message and abort when it is about to generate the wrong
> code. The new switch will allows user to either generate the wrong
> code on purpose or generate the right one. Either way user knows what
> kind of code will be generated. He/she will pick ABI conforming or
> compatible him/herself, like
> 
> -mabi=compatible
> -mabi=conforming

Here is the patch for gcc 3.3.


H.J.

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