Bad code for ia64 with function pointer

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 05:24:49PM +0200, Henri-Pierre CHARLES wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Le Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 01:53:23PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig écrivait :
> > On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 02:49:41PM +0200, Henri-Pierre CHARLES wrote:
> > > An idea somebody, or a turnaround ?
> > Read the IA64 ABI..
> 
> Thanks for your answer. But if you think about the "6.3.3 Sellf modifying 
> code" section, I have read it. We also write a function to flush the data 
> cache, without any success.
> 
> But maybe you have another section in mind ? Could you be more explicit ?

Section 5.3.5 Function Addresses

If you read it carefully you'll notice the undefined behaviour you rely on
can't work on ia64.