ICE in this version of G++, my previous Debian version worked. Compiling a method of a class that subclasses a template that contains inline assembly code (used for atomic instructions), see complete code snippet below. Command line "g++ -c foo.c" yields error message:
g++_bug.cxx: In member function void LatchC::latch(int) volatile: g++_bug.cxx:34: internal compiler error: in cp_expr_size, at cp/cp-objcp-common.c:101 template <class T> class AtomicM { public: AtomicM(T i = T()) : val(i) { } AtomicM(const AtomicM& from) : val(from.val) { } AtomicM& operator=(const AtomicM& from) { exchange(from.val); return *this; } inline T exchangeCmp(T e, T comparand) volatile { register int eax asm("eax") = comparand; __asm__ __volatile__( "lock; cmpxchg %2,%0" : "+m" (val) , "+a" (eax) : "q" (e) : "cc" ); return (T)eax; } protected: volatile T val; }; class LatchC : private AtomicM<int> { public: inline void latch(int i) volatile { while (exchangeCmp(i, 0) != 0) yield(1); } void enter(); private: static void yield(int ms); }; void LatchC::enter() { latch(1); } -- Summary: g++ ICE in cp_expr_size expanding template with inline assembly Product: gcc Version: 4.0.3 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: cjh at managesoft dot com GCC build triplet: i486-pc-linux-gnu GCC host triplet: i486-pc-linux-gnu GCC target triplet: i486-pc-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26592