Chuck Ebbert wrote: > On 07/25/2007 01:41 PM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: >> I reported it as a gcc bug, but they refused to hear of it. Details at >> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29305 >> > > Wow. > > I especially like "You should plan a better way. " FWIW, at Transmeta we had a local extension to gcc called "__builtin_not_reached()" which we used to tell gcc that an assembly statement would terminate the control flow. Another useful extension was a variant of __builtin_trap() which would create a dummy ELF relocation for the trapping instruction with a target. -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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