https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8988
--- Comment #22 from [email protected] <[email protected]> --- On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 9:59 AM Howard Chu <[email protected]> wrote: > > [email protected] wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 9:32 AM Howard Chu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> [email protected] wrote: > >> ... > >>> I encourage OpenLDAP to fix the undefined behavior. OpenLDAP is an > >>> important project, and the undefined behavior is causing too many > >>> tangential problems. > >> > >> Undefined behavior is not a bug, nor is it prohibited by the C spec. It is > >> a necessary > >> part of the language for its intended use as a system programming > >> language, writing > >> machine-specific programs. Anyone who says it is prohibited by the spec is > >> wrong. The kernel recently got bitten using the same pattern of unaligned short pointers through casts. GCC produced code which corrupted initramfs during unpacking. See https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=100363. OpenLDAP should fix that code. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the issue.
