On Mon, 23 Nov 2020, Joe Perches wrote: > On Tue, 2020-11-24 at 11:58 +1100, Finn Thain wrote: > > it's not for me to prove that such patches don't affect code > > generation. That's for the patch author and (unfortunately) for > > reviewers. > > Ideally, that proof would be provided by the compilation system itself > and not patch authors nor reviewers nor maintainers. > > Unfortunately gcc does not guarantee repeatability or deterministic > output. To my knowledge, neither does clang. > Yes, I've said the same thing myself. But having attempted it, I now think this is a hard problem. YMMV. https://lore.kernel.org/linux-scsi/alpine.LNX.2.22.394.2004281017310.12@nippy.intranet/ https://lore.kernel.org/linux-scsi/alpine.LNX.2.22.394.2005211358460.8@nippy.intranet/
