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From: u-xsnf@aetey.se
To: Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>
Cc: libffi-discuss@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: showstopper bug on x86 (Re: libffi does not follow proper ABI on ia32)
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 21:35:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141224213437.GH14316@example.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <549AEA51.2000500@redhat.com>

Thanks Richard,

for the reply and the confirmation!

On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 08:31:13AM -0800, Richard Henderson wrote:
> On 12/24/2014 05:58 AM, u-xsnf@aetey.se wrote:
> > Nevertheless I would appreciate at least hints about the prospect to fix
> > this bug (apparently non-conformant C ABI of libffi on x86 Linux),
> > which presumably went unnoticed for a long time due to gcc not exercising
> > the full ABI.
> 
> Yes, I see the problem.  Fixing it may have to wait until the new year.

This is fortunately not a very long time to come :)

Looking forward to a fix - when you find time for it.

Regards,
Rune

  reply	other threads:[~2014-12-24 21:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-22 19:36 libffi does not follow proper ABI on ia32 (?) u-xsnf
2014-12-24 13:58 ` showstopper bug on x86 (Re: libffi does not follow proper ABI on ia32) u-xsnf
2014-12-24 16:31   ` Richard Henderson
2014-12-24 21:35     ` u-xsnf [this message]
2014-12-31 16:12     ` Richard Henderson
2015-01-02 18:57       ` u-xsnf
2015-01-02 22:20         ` Richard Henderson
2015-01-03 10:15           ` u-xsnf
2015-01-03 10:36             ` u-xsnf
2015-01-05 21:34             ` Richard Henderson
2015-01-06 10:21               ` u-xsnf
2015-01-06 12:46                 ` libffi vs pcc (was: showstopper bug on x86 / " u-xsnf
2015-01-06 16:20                 ` showstopper bug on x86 (Re: " Richard Henderson
2015-01-06 16:52                   ` u-xsnf

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