Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] af_unix: fix a fatal race with bit fields

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 03 May 2013 07:11:29 +1000

On Wed, 2013-05-01 at 08:10 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > These kind of errors are pretty hard to find, its a pity to spend
> time
> > on them.
> 
> There is a checkbin target inside arch/powerpc/Makefile
> Shouldn't a check be added there to block building kernel with known
> bad GCC versions?

In this case that makes it all GCC versions except the *very
latest* .... not practical.

I suppose we should try to make sure that at least the next batch of
enterprise distro get that fix on gcc side.

Ben.