Does ggc-page.c require MMAP_DEV_ZERO and MMAP_ANON?

[H. J. Lu]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 04:40:07PM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> H. J. Lu wrote:
> > I notice a strange gcc bug where I got bootstrap comparison failure
> > when MMAP_DEV_ZERO and MMAP_ANON weren't available due to an ia64
> > kernel bug. I got
> 
> That's quite some kernel bug, considering that malloc() depends on
> zero-mapped areas.  Can you explain the kernel bug in more detail,
> off-list if you want?
> 

I am not sure if it is a kernel bug. See

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3163


H.J.