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Date:      Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:16:08 -0800
From:      mdf@FreeBSD.org
To:        Gleb Kurtsou <gleb.kurtsou@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: gcc 4.2 miscompilation with -O2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer on amd64
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On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Gleb Kurtsou <gleb.kurtsou@gmail.com> wro=
te:
> On (19/11/2011 09:11), mdf@FreeBSD.org wrote:
>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Gleb Kurtsou <gleb.kurtsou@gmail.com> w=
rote:
>> > On (19/11/2011 07:26), mdf@FreeBSD.org wrote:
>> >> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 2:01 AM, Gleb Kurtsou <gleb.kurtsou@gmail.com=
> wrote:
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > I was lucky to write a bit of code which gcc 4.2 fails to compile
>> >> > correctly with -O2. Too keep long story short the code fails for gc=
c
>> >> > from base system and last gcc 4.2 snapshot from ports. It works wit=
h gcc
>> >> > 4.3, gcc 4.4 on FreeBSD and Linux. Clang from base is also good. -O=
 and
>> >> > -Os optimization levels are fine (I've tried with all -f* flags
>> >> > mentioned in documentation)
>> >> >
>> >> > -O2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer combination is troublesome on amd64. I
>> >> > presume i386 should be fine. These options are also used for
>> >> > compilation of kernel (with debugging enabled) and modules.
>> >> >
>> >> > I'm not able to share the code, but have a test case reproducing th=
e
>> >> > bug. I've encountered the issue over a week ago and tried narrowing=
 it down
>> >> > to a simple test I could share but without much success.
>> >> >
>> >> > The code itself is very common: initialize two structs on stack, ca=
ll a
>> >> > function with pointers to those stucts as arguments. A number of in=
lined
>> >> > assertion functions. gcc fails to correctly optimize struct assignm=
ents
>> >> > with -fno-omit-frame-pointer, I have a number of small structs assi=
gned,
>> >> > gcc decides not to use data coping but to assign fields directly. I=
've
>> >> > tried disabling sra, tweaking sra parameters -- no luck in forcing =
it
>> >> > to copy data. Replacing one particular assignment with memcpy produ=
ces
>> >> > correct code, but that's not a solution.
>> >>
>> >> How small are the structs? =A0gcc has an optimization for structs tha=
t
>> >> are no larger than a register, but it's buggy in 4.2 and we disabled
>> >> it at $WORK. =A0I can dig up the patch if this is the problem.
>> > struct sockaddr_in in this particular test. 16 bytes.
>> >
>> > Register size structs are rather common, e.g. struct in_addr.
>> >
>> > I could test the patch. Adding -finline-functions seems to fix the iss=
ue
>> > for me.
>>
>> I can't find the thing I'm thinking of. =A0The only potentially relevant
>> patch I see in our gcc sources is this:
>
> It could be related but doesn't fix bug I observe. I've installed fresh
> 9.0-RC2 virtual machine and reran tests in clean environment.
>
> Do you plan committing it?

We probably should, but I haven't heard that anyone else has had a
problem with this.  I'm sure when I do the next FreeBSD merge at $WORK
I'll re-remember it and probably commit it then.

Thanks,
matthew

>> Index: opts.c
>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>> --- opts.c =A0 =A0(.../vendor.branches/freebsd/stable/7/src/contrib/gcc/=
opts.c) =A0 (revision
>> 211574)
>> +++ opts.c =A0 =A0(.../head/src/contrib/gcc/opts.c) =A0 =A0 =A0 (revisio=
n 211574)
>> @@ -457,11 +457,7 @@
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0flag_tree_dse =3D 1;
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0flag_tree_ter =3D 1;
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0flag_tree_live_range_split =3D 1;
>> + =A0 =A0 =A0/**
>> + =A0 =A0 =A0 * 7dot1MERGE: tree-sra in gcc 4.2.x is buggy and
>> + =A0 =A0 =A0 * breaks bitfield structs.
>> + =A0 =A0 =A0 */
>> + =A0 =A0 =A0flag_tree_sra =3D 0;
>> - =A0 =A0 =A0flag_tree_sra =3D 1;
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0flag_tree_copyrename =3D 1;
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0flag_tree_fre =3D 1;
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0flag_tree_copy_prop =3D 1;
>>
>> Thanks,
>> matthew
>



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