Re: [PATCH] x86/purgatory: Switch to the position-independent small code model

[Jiri Slaby]

Hi,

On 29. 04. 24, 14:05, Michael Matz wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Apr 2024, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>
> > Interesting. I thought gcc doesn't have problems here yet and was
> > talking to Matz on Thu about it and it seems he's forgotten about his
> > statement too that "you should simply stop using -mcmodel=large.  Noone
> > should use it." :-)
>
> It may be so ingrained in my brain that I'm not _always_ saying it when
> talking about the large code model over a beer.  And indeed I know of no
> particular problems with it vis GCC,

Of course you do :). That bsc#1211853 I linked earlier. I.e. gcc-13 + 
-fstrict-flex-arrays=3 + -mcmodel=large + some asm() expecting __FILE__ 
to be constant (not true with the large model).

regards,
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