bug#6031: gcc 4.5 breaks optimized builds of emacs

[Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org>]

Elias Pipping <pipping.elias@googlemail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I'm on the current HEAD of the repo.or.cz mirror of emacs which is
>
>   http://repo.or.cz/w/emacs.git/commit/910daaa95ca0708ad7022667e214bba4b8eb3d6b
>
> When I compile a minimal version of emacs like this:
>
>   $ ./configure CFLAGS="-O1 -foptimize-sibling-calls" --without-x
> --without-alsa --without-dbus; [..]
>
> with gcc 4.5 and run it via
>
>   $ ./src/emacs -Q -nw
>
> I get a segfault. Dropping the -foptimize-sibling-calls (which is
> implied by -O2) makes it work again. So does using an older version of
> gcc (e.g. 4.4.3) or running emacs outside a terminal.

Can you please uncomment this line in emacs/src/s/intel386.h
/* #define NO_ARG_ARRAY */

recompile everything and see if you get the problem after that.

>
>
> $ gdb ./src/emacs
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> Reading symbols from /home/pipping/emacs/src/emacs...done.
> (gdb) run -Q -nw
>
> < clears terminal >
>
>
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> 0x0000000000406015 in fill_up_glyph_row_area_with_spaces
> (row=0x111e320, area=2) at dispnew.c:2910
> 2910            *text++ = space_glyph;
> (gdb) bt
> #0  0x0000000000406015 in fill_up_glyph_row_area_with_spaces
> (row=0x111e320, area=2) at dispnew.c:2910
> #1  0x000000000040a6a8 in fill_up_glyph_row_with_spaces
> (matrix=0xde7290, w=0xb4a630) at dispnew.c:2892
> #2  build_frame_matrix_from_leaf_window (matrix=0xde7290, w=0xb4a630)
> at dispnew.c:2790
> #3  build_frame_matrix_from_window_tree (matrix=0xde7290, w=0xb4a630)
> at dispnew.c:2718
> #4  0x000000000040c51c in build_frame_matrix (f=0xb4a3b0, force_p=1,
> inhibit_hairy_id_p=1) at dispnew.c:2698
> #5  update_frame (f=0xb4a3b0, force_p=1, inhibit_hairy_id_p=1) at dispnew.c:3560
> #6  0x0000000000426340 in echo_area_display (update_frame_p=1) at xdisp.c:9624
> #7  0x0000000000426601 in message3_nolog (m=16043489, nbytes=65,
> multibyte=0) at xdisp.c:8479
> #8  0x00000000004267d0 in message3 (m=16043489, nbytes=65,
> multibyte=0) at xdisp.c:8414
> #9  0x00000000004d3bf7 in Fmessage (nargs=<value optimized out>,
> args=<value optimized out>) at editfns.c:3408
> #10 0x00000000004d976c in Ffuncall (nargs=<value optimized out>,
> args=0x7fffffffd510) at eval.c:3054
> #11 0x000000000050bde9 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=<value optimized out>,
> vector=<value optimized out>, maxdepth=<value optimized out>) at
> bytecode.c:680
> #12 0x00000000004dbca2 in funcall_lambda (fun=8298757, nargs=0,
> arg_vector=0x7fffffffd6d8) at eval.c:3260
> #13 0x00000000004d9949 in Ffuncall (nargs=<value optimized out>,
> args=0x7fffffffd6d0) at eval.c:3119
> #14 0x000000000050bde9 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=<value optimized out>,
> vector=<value optimized out>, maxdepth=<value optimized out>) at
> bytecode.c:680
> #15 0x00000000004dbca2 in funcall_lambda (fun=8300205, nargs=1,
> arg_vector=0x7fffffffd8c8) at eval.c:3260
> #16 0x00000000004d9949 in Ffuncall (nargs=<value optimized out>,
> args=0x7fffffffd8c0) at eval.c:3119
> #17 0x000000000050bde9 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=<value optimized out>,
> vector=<value optimized out>, maxdepth=<value optimized out>) at
> bytecode.c:680
> #18 0x00000000004dbca2 in funcall_lambda (fun=8273333, nargs=0,
> arg_vector=0x7fffffffdaa8) at eval.c:3260
> #19 0x00000000004d9949 in Ffuncall (nargs=<value optimized out>,
> args=0x7fffffffdaa0) at eval.c:3119
> #20 0x000000000050bde9 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=<value optimized out>,
> vector=<value optimized out>, maxdepth=<value optimized out>) at
> bytecode.c:680
> #21 0x00000000004dbca2 in funcall_lambda (fun=8268357, nargs=0,
> arg_vector=0x7fffffffdbe0) at eval.c:3260
> #22 0x00000000004dbd87 in apply_lambda (fun=8268357, args=<value
> optimized out>, eval_flag=1) at eval.c:3184
> #23 0x00000000004db750 in Feval (form=<value optimized out>) at eval.c:2410
> #24 0x00000000004d8dc4 in internal_condition_case (bfun=0x474709
> <top_level_2>, handlers=11756482, hfun=0x474faf <cmd_error>) at
> eval.c:1512
> #25 0x0000000000474bdb in top_level_1 () at keyboard.c:1373
> #26 0x00000000004d8c94 in internal_catch (tag=11752306, func=0x474bb1
> <top_level_1>, arg=11704658) at eval.c:1248
> #27 0x000000000047513a in command_loop () at keyboard.c:1328
> #28 0x00000000004751ee in recursive_edit_1 () at keyboard.c:950
> #29 0x0000000000475338 in Frecursive_edit () at keyboard.c:1012
> #30 0x0000000000472747 in main (argc=<value optimized out>,
> argv=0x7fffffffe418) at emacs.c:1784
> (gdb)
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Elias Pipping