fun bug: a single missing character in Linux broke memset in a way that was only visible if you look at disassembly http://free-electrons.com/blog/how-we-found-that-the-linux-nios2-memset-implementation-had-a-bug/ …
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Replying to @FioraAeterna
@FioraAeterna@whitequark unit tests?! Who cares--how did the system *boot* with that bug?2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @stephentyrone
@stephentyrone@FioraAeterna@whitequark presumably by only ever memsetting things to 0?2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
Replying to @rygorous
@rygorous @stephentyrone @FioraAeterna @whitequark There's not much useful you can portably do with memset except zerofill; even that's iffy
6:05 PM - 23 Apr 2016
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