gcc 2.95.1 bug
Andreas Jaeger
aj@suse.de
Sun Oct 31 23:03:00 GMT 1999
>>>>> Steven G Johnson writes:
> Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>> It looks like this was a bug in the glibc mathinline header file [...]
> H. J. Lu tracked the bug down to a problem with popping the FP stack
> on Pentia in gcc 2.95.1. See:
> http://egcs.cygnus.com/ml/gcc-patches/1999-10/msg00320.html
> http://egcs.cygnus.com/ml/gcc-patches/1999-10/msg00513.html
> http://egcs.cygnus.com/ml/gcc-patches/1999-10/msg00518.html
> The fix should be in gcc 2.95.2, and it fixed all problems on my machine.
Thanks for pointing this out. Since I'm using a gcc with those
patches (without releasing it) and a patch mathinline header,
everything's fine for me.
> I'm not sure how this relates to the header problem Andreas reports.
The header problem isn't a problem anymore - it's fixed now;-) It
could lead to similiar results as you noticed since the stack could be
overrun.
Ok, let's close this since both ends (gcc and glibc) are fixed now.
Andreas
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