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Re: showstopper bug on x86 (Re: libffi does not follow proper ABI on ia32)
- From: Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>
- To: u-xsnf at aetey dot se, libffi-discuss at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 08:12:47 -0800
- Subject: Re: showstopper bug on x86 (Re: libffi does not follow proper ABI on ia32)
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On 12/24/2014 08:31 AM, Richard Henderson wrote:
> On 12/24/2014 05:58 AM, u-xsnf@aetey.se wrote:
>> Nevertheless I would appreciate at least hints about the prospect to fix
>> this bug (apparently non-conformant C ABI of libffi on x86 Linux),
>> which presumably went unnoticed for a long time due to gcc not exercising
>> the full ABI.
>
> Yes, I see the problem. Fixing it may have to wait until the new year.
Please try the branch
git://github.com/rth7680/libffi.git pcc
r~