Re: RFC: (Unconditionally) enable -fno-strict-overflow for kernel builds

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 21:57:25 +0000
In message <CAJ-VmomC6CMuo__etm7X6W8Hpg8MafL2StePdSz4Jn0XN6MGww_at_mail.gmail.com>
, Adrian Chadd writes:

>> The compiler authors take the undefined part there as a blanket to perform
>> optimizations which are assuming that signed overflow cannot happen.

That's sufficient explanation for me to support your proposal.

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