Re: [CHECKER] large stack variables (>=1K) in 2.4.4 and 2.4.4-ac8

Andi Kleen (ak@suse.de)
Fri, 25 May 2001 10:17:07 +0200


On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 03:20:20PM +1000, Keith Owens wrote:
> ftp://ftp.ocs.com.au/pub/kernel.stack.gz. ix86 specific, probably gcc
> specific and it only picks up code that you compile. The Stanford
> checker is much better.

I have no complete understanding of the stanford checker, but I was assuming
that it was a hacked version of gcc. If yes it has to use the preprocessor
and also will only catch stuff you compile. I don't see how you can do
meaningfull lint like checks without a preprocessor ;)

-Andi
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