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Date:      Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:30:33 -0500
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
To:        Benjamin Kaduk <bjkfbsd@gmail.com>
Cc:        "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz>, Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r279349 - head/sys/kern
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On 27 February 2015 at 10:12, Benjamin Kaduk <bjkfbsd@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As of r278229, the kernel is compiled with -fwrapv, so signed integer
> overflow in the FreeBSD kernel is defined behavior.

This is primarily a workaround to accommodate existing code though;
it's not a result of an explicit decision that we want to support
signed integer overflow.

-Ed



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