linux-kernel - Re: gcc 4.5.1 / as 2.20.51.0.11 miscompiling drivers/char/i8k.c ?

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Date:	Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:07:31 +0100
From:	Richard Guenther <richard.guenther@...il.com>
To:	Jeff Law <law@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>, Jim <jim876@...all.nl>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	gcc@....gnu.org
Subject: Re: gcc 4.5.1 / as 2.20.51.0.11 miscompiling drivers/char/i8k.c ?

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 11:58 PM, Jeff Law <law@...hat.com> wrote:
> On 11/15/10 15:07, Richard Guenther wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Jeff Law<law@...hat.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 11/08/10 03:49, Richard Guenther wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 12:03 AM, Andi Kleen<andi@...stfloor.org>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Andreas Schwab<schwab@...ux-m68k.org>    writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The asm fails to mention that it modifies *regs.
>>>>>
>>>>> It has a memory clobber, that should be enough, no?
>>>>
>>>> No.  A memory clobber does not cover automatic storage.
>>>
>>> A memory clobber should clobber anything in memory, including autos in
>>> memory; if it doesn't, then that seems like a major problem.  I'd like to
>>> see the rationale behind not clobbering autos in memory.
>>
>> Non-address taken automatic storage.  (note that we don't excercise this
>> in optimization yet)
>
> If the address of the auto isn't taken, then why is the object in memory to
> begin with (with the obvious exception for aggregates).

Exactly sort of my point.  If people pass the address of &x to an asm
and modify &x + 8 expecting the "adjacent" stack location to be changed
I want to tell them that's not a supported way to get to another stack
variable (even if they clobber "memory").  Or consider the C-decl guy
who wants to access adjacent parameters by address arithmetic on
the address of the first param ...

Richard.

> Jeff
>
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