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by ryao 418 days ago
I suspect this change was motivated by standards conformance.
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fuhsnn 418 days ago
The wording of GCC maintainer was "the standard doesn't require it." when they informed Linux kernel mailing list.

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-toolchains/Z0hRrrNU3Q+ro2T7@tu...

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matheusmoreira 418 days ago
Reminds me of strict aliasing. Same attitude...

https://www.yodaiken.com/2018/06/07/torvalds-on-aliasing/

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