[llvm-dev] Need help with code generation

[Rui Ueyama via llvm-dev]

We do not enable exceptions and longjmp is not safe. Also, if it can
segfault for some pathetic input, "it longjmps in most cases" doesn't help
people who wants 100% guarantee like you.

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:21 PM, James Molloy <james at jamesmolloy.co.uk>
wrote:

> If it can exit, why can't it longjmp back to a library consumer at least?
>
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 at 19:20 Rui Ueyama <ruiu at google.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:16 PM, James Molloy <james at jamesmolloy.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> > Correct
>>>
>>> Out of interest, how does LLD itself handle error reporting when invoked
>>> from the command line, and how does it avoid segfaulting in that case?
>>>
>>
>> It generally reports an error and exit, or in rare circumstances it just
>> segfaults.
>>
>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>> On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 at 19:14 Rafael Espíndola <
>>> rafael.espindola at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 21 March 2016 at 15:10, James Molloy <james at jamesmolloy.co.uk>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Well sure, it's unlikely, but how many consumers can make that sort of
>>>> > guarantee? And if a consumer can't guarantee the integrity of the ELF
>>>> file
>>>> > they have no choice but not to use LLD, or to fork before using it.
>>>>
>>>> Correct.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Rafael
>>>>
>>>
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