PENSTONE@QUCDNEE1.BITNET (Sid Penstone) (09/09/87)
Jerry's reply re the Vax C Linker Bug was very welcome, as we have had it occur in linking some large programs. The programs always run fine.. is it likely that the error in PSECT sizes is likely to cause crashes, or obscure data-dependent errors ? Sid Penstone, VLSI Group, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6 PENSTONE@QUCDNEE1.BITNET
leichter@VENUS.YCC.YALE.EDU ("Jerry Leichter") (09/10/87)
Jerry's reply re the Vax C Linker Bug was very welcome, as we have had it occur in linking some large programs. The programs always run fine.. is it likely that the error in PSECT sizes is likely to cause crashes, or obscure data-dependent errors ? While data-dependent errors are possible - i.e., one could probably construct programs that exhibited them - they seem unlikely to occur "in nature". Crashes should not be possible at all, though if you are linking privileged code, anything could happen. If you can produce a crash using only nonprivileged code, SPR it immediately! -- Jerry ------