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gcc can transform the loop in a naive implementation of memset/memcpy etc into a call to the function itself. This optimization is enabled by -ftree-loop-distribute-patterns. This has been the case for a while, but gcc-10.x enables this option at -O2 rather than -O3 as in previous versions. Add -ffreestanding, which implicitly disables this optimization with gcc. It is unclear whether clang performs such optimizations, but hopefully it will also not do so in a freestanding environment. Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu> Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56888 Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.