Re: Compile problems w/gcc 9.4.0 in linux-next

[Ingo Molnar]

* Nick Terrell <terrelln@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> > On Mar 21, 2025, at 8:16 AM, Michael Kelley <mhklinux@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2025 12:38 AM
> >> 
> >> * Michael Kelley <mhklinux@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> 
> >>>> What are your thoughts as maintainers of lib/zstd?
> >>> 
> >>> FYI, the same segfault occurs with gcc 10.5. The problem is fixed
> >>> in gcc 11.4.
> >> 
> >> So the patch below would work this around on GCC9 and GCC10?
> > 
> > I've confirmed that the patch gives a clean compile with gcc 9.4.
> > 
> > Note that I confirmed yesterday that the gcc problem is fixed with
> > 11.4. I don't know about earlier gcc 11 minor versions. Lemme see
> > if I can get the original gcc 11 release and try that to confirm that
> > your patch has the right version cutoff.
> 
> Thanks for the report & proposed fix!
> 
> If you can test gcc-11.0, that would be great, otherwise we could just
> cut off at (__GNUC__ >= 12 || (__GNUC__ == 11 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 4))
> 
> I am preparing the zstd-v1.5.7 update, and I will pull a patch that 
> fixes this into my tree. If someone wants to submit a patch I'll pull 
> that, otherwise I can submit one later today.

The proper cutoff would be GCC 11.1, not 11.4, as per the testing of 
Michael Kelley, right?

Thanks,

	Ingo