[lttng-dev] current_thread_info() not respecting program order with gcc 4.8.x

[Alexander Holler]

Am 22.11.2013 01:17, schrieb Linus Torvalds:
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Alexander Holler <holler at ahsoftware.de> wrote:

> Basically, your whole argument boils down to "if the function did
> something else than what it does, then it wouldn't be const, so we
> shouldn't mark it const". But that argument is BULLSHIT, because the
> fact is, the function *doesn't* do what you try to claim it does.

Maybe gcc just makes the same false conclusion as I did in my description.

I read it as current_thread_info() returns "a pointer to something 
local" instead of returns "a pointer". Might be BULLSHIT but would 
explain the bug which seems to exist.

Alexander Holler