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[Bug libc/5436] makecontext doesn't copy longs on x86_64
- From: "drepper at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 30 Nov 2007 22:19:18 -0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/5436] makecontext doesn't copy longs on x86_64
- References: <20071130194911.5436.rth@gcc.gnu.org>
- Reply-to: sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org
------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com 2007-11-30 22:19 -------
(In reply to comment #3)
> The reason why I posted this bug is that we do *not* need two separate
> entry points.
Correct, but what Jakub probably meant is that if we would implement it like
this (i.e., copy long), programs come to rely on it and they will not work
everywhere because they are using the interface incorrectly. That's at least
the reason the code is as it is today.
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