Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary)
So my biggest worry isn't gcc-4.5 (anybody who hasn't updated deserves
to be forced, or can stay with old kernels).
to be forced, or can stay with old kernels).
No, my biggest worry is clang. I've pulled this, and honestly, the disaster with
-fmerge-all-constants makes me think that clang isn't that good a compiler choice anyway, but it's sad if this undoes a lot of clang work just because of the worries about Spectre and mis-speculated branches.
branches.
Linus
Linus
Linus
to be forced, or can stay with old kernels).
No, my biggest worry is clang. I've pulled this, and honestly, the disaster with
-fmerge-all-constants makes me think that clang isn't that good a compiler choice anyway, but it's sad if this undoes a lot of clang work just because of the worries about Spectre and mis-speculated branches.
branches.
Linus
Linus
Linus