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Re: Will backend ever see an memory operand with address wrap around?
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 10:24 PM, <amylaar@spamcop.net> wrote:
> Quoting "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>:
>
>> What is the run-time result when overflow happens?
>
>
> Assuming you use a 32 bit unsigned base address, and the space beyond 4G
> is unmapped, you'll get a SEGV.
So, when used for load and store, "base + offset" with overflow/underflow
has unspecified behavior.
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H.J.