[llvm-dev] Need help with code generation

[Lang Hames via llvm-dev]

Hi Rafael,

One week ago I pointed out that your patch (r263521) introduces a crash. It
> still hasn't been reverted or even
> acknowledge yet.


My apologies - your reply slipped through my filters, but that should
absolutely be fixed. I've responded to your mail and will have a fix for
this shortly.

- Lang.

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 4:27 AM, Rafael Espíndola <
rafael.espindola at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Maybe not, but it's not impossible either - browsers manage to harden
> themselves against malicious input and they operate in a far hostile
> environment with many more input formats than we do.
>
> It is important to note how different they are. Both Firefox and
> Chromium have people working just to try to make them more secure.
> Compare that with LLVM: One week ago I pointed out that your patch
> (r263521) introduces a crash. It still hasn't been reverted or even
> acknowledge yet.
>
>
> > I'm not trying to shift your personal goal, or to direct the features
> that you choose to put your time into, but I am interested in project
> policy.
>
> Why do you care about policy that is not followed? A policy saying
> llvm should not crash on any input is as relevant as one that says
> that clang should keep bootstrapping in under one second.
>
> So, if we stick to reality, what we have is that lld (ELF and COFF)
> are already the most reliable parts of the toolchain. If not for Rui
> and I being upfront about it most people would not even know that you
> could crash it. So please, just let us keep working on the most
> reliable part of the toolchain.
>
> Cheers,
> Rafael
>
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