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Re: [PATCH] Initialize the entire obstack struct [BZ #17919]
- From: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at redhat dot com>
- To: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>, Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at redhat dot com>
- Cc: bug-gnulib at gnu dot org, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 11:49:24 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Initialize the entire obstack struct [BZ #17919]
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On 02/03/2015 11:46 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@redhat.com> writes:
>
>> This is also why I started out filing a gcc bug, but then changed my
>> mind and fixed it in glibc instead, since I presumed that the compiler
>> can assume that the padding is also appropriately initialized.
>
> No, it can't. Padding must be assumed to be random.
Fully agreed.
Cheers,
Carlos.