Incorrect code from EGCS-1.1 on PowerPC

[Gary Thomas]

On 18-Aug-98 Franz Sirl wrote:
> Am Tue, 18 Aug 1998 schrieb Gary Thomas:
>>>The attached code snippet (from the Linux kernel) generates incorrect
>>code when compiled on Linux/PPC with "-O2" options.
>>
>>The problem stems from inlined functions and a pointer (skb) being
>>dereferenced (skb->sb) before it is tested for NULL as a result of 
>>the loop being reorganized.
> 
> I verified the bug with a cvs checkout 1845UTC 19980818. -fno-schedule-insns
> makes the bug go away.
> 

You reported on the 'egcs' list that the current snapshot is "OK"
for building the latest 2.1.XX kernel.  Don't you see this code generation
error when you build it?  Or is it that pattern sensitive that changes
between 2.0.32 and 2.1.115 keep it from happening?

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