[PATCH] build: Use -frandom-seed=0

Sebastian Huber sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de
Wed Feb 28 07:24:04 UTC 2024


On 28.02.24 06:34, Chris Johns wrote:
> The manual says:
> 
>    The string can either be a number (decimal, octal or hex) or
>    an arbitrary string (in which case it’s converted to a number by
>    computing CRC32).
> 
>    The string should be different for every file you compile.
> 
> I take this to mean the option `-frandom-seed=0` uses `0` as a number however it
> is the same for every file and the manual clearly says it must be different?

Using -frandom-seed=0 seems to be quite common on the internet. The 
random seed is rarely used in GCC. The only use case in RTEMS I found is 
related to the gcov code coverage instrumentation.

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