The SPEC CPU2000 test 176.gcc fails to build on powerpc64-linux with "-O2 -ftree-vectorize -maltivec" for both -m32 and -m64. A regression hunt using a minimized testcase (to be attached) identified this patch:
http://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs?view=rev&rev=112621 r112621 | spop | 2006-04-02 04:27:40 +0000 (Sun, 02 Apr 2006) Output compiling the minimized testcase: elm3b145% /opt/gcc-nightly/trunk-20060425/bin/gcc -O2 -ftree-vectorize -maltivec -c recog.c recog.c: In function ‘constrain_operands’: recog.c:18: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions. This segfaults in fold_convert in fold-const.c because argument "type" is 0. -- Summary: segfault in fold_convert with -ftree-vectorize -maltivec Product: gcc Version: 4.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Keywords: ice-on-valid-code Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: tree-optimization AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: janis at gcc dot gnu dot org GCC target triplet: powerpc-linux http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27331