https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=116016
--- Comment #46 from Bill Wendling <isanbard at gmail dot com> --- (In reply to qinzhao from comment #45) > (In reply to Jakub Jelinek from comment #42) > > > > But for the kernel you'll need to have fallback code which will set the > > actual counter manually for compilers without support for counted_by > > attribute or the new builtin, > The counter will not need to be set if there is no "counted_by" attribute. > Only when "counted_by" attribute is added into kernel, the corresponding > counter field need to be set explicitly (that's a requirement for the > "counted_by" attribute). Not necessarily. The 'count' field may be used for purposes other than the sanitizer, which is why the requirement exists.
