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

[Michael Matz]

Hello,

On Tue, 30 Apr 2024, Jiri Slaby 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 :).

:-P

> 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).

"asm() expecting $whatever" - clearly a user problem, not a GCC problem 
;-)


Ciao,
Michael.