Re: potential gcc bug causes kvm-userspace build break

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On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Jochen Roth <jroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Glauber Costa wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Jochen Roth <jroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> FYI
>>>
>>> I just discovered a potential gcc bug which causes kvm-userspace builds
>>> to
>>> break.
>>> I looks like it happens only with the latest fedora rawhide gcc 4.4
>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=489753
>>>
>>> The following patch circumvents this problem by just renaming R to REG.
>>> People facing the same problem might find this patch useful.
>>>
>> Adding a space between the R is a much better fix, since nothing
>> guarantees
>> gcc won't use "REG" in the future too.
>>
>> Eduardo sent a fix for this a while ago, but it was not applied.
>>
>
> Jakub just closed the bug. It works as designed:
> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2442.htm
>
> Shall I send another patch with spaces or do you plan to apply Eduardo's
> patch?

anthony?

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