On Tue, 11 Oct 2022 16:50:33 GMT, Andrew Haley <a...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> Also: this patch is Linux-only. I'll ask for help from build experts to make 
> the tests GCC-only; it's not clear to me how.

@theRealAph We currently have a more or less 1-to-1 relationship between OS and 
compiler. From a portability perspective this is not ideal, but it is also hard 
to keep some kind of theoretical barrier when it never is tested.

Are you worried that this is a problem that occurs with gcc on other platforms 
as well, or that it occurs on linux with other compilers than gcc? 

We do not support gcc on macos, windows or aix, which leaves linux as the only 
gcc platform in the mainline (ports in separate repos will have to handle this 
themselves). We do support using clang on linux instead of gcc (but do not test 
it regularly). But my impression here is that this is more of a gcc-problem 
than a linux problem..?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10661

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