[Bug gcov/profile/28441] Need atomic increment of gcov counters for MP programs

["ian at airs dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

------- Comment #9 from ian at airs dot com  2006-07-29 05:21 -------
It is safest to avoid posting the patch to a gcc mailing list before the
copyright assignment is signed.  It protects us in the (hopefully unlikely)
case that the copyright assignment never does get signed.  Otherwise we have a
posted patch but no right to use it.  If that happens, then when we eventually
implement the same functionality in a different way, we are open to accusations
that we have stolen the patch.  Naturally the current SGI, which I presume is
the legal owner of the code, would not do that.  But I'm afraid we have to
consider that there is likely to be a new legal owner of this code in the
relatively near future, and we can not predict what they will do.  This is all
pretty small potatoes, of course, but there is no reason to add an unnecessary
legal risk to the gcc project.

None of this says that Greg could not sent out the patch to individuals,
though, so if you are interested in seeing it, drop him a note and see what he
thinks.

Hope this helps.


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