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

[Nick Terrell]

> On Mar 25, 2025, at 6:18 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> * Nick Terrell <terrelln@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> On Mar 21, 2025, at 8:16 AM, Michael Kelley <mhklinux@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2025 12:38 AM
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>>>> * Michael Kelley <mhklinux@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>>>> 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?

Sorry, I didn't quite realize that the [tip: x86/core] was a commit. I'll drop
my patch, and just make sure that the fix is preserved in the zstd-v1.5.7
upgrade.

Best,
Nick Terrell

> Thanks,
> 
> Ingo