------- Comment #3 from rguenth at gcc dot gnu dot org 2010-01-03 17:31 ------- The same problem exists for builtin functions that return or take arguments of type char *. They change signature according to -f[un]signed-char which causes for example
FAIL: gcc.c-torture/execute/builtins/strcpy-chk.c compilation, -O2 -flto (internal compiler error) when running with -funsigned-char on x86: char p[32] = ""; int main () { if (__builtin___strcpy_chk (p + 1, "vwxyz", __builtin_object_size (p + 1, 0)) != p + 1) __builtin_abort (); return 0; } $ /obj/trunk-g/gcc/xgcc -B/obj/trunk-g/gcc/ strcpy-chk.3.i -O -flto -funsigned-char In file included from :0:0: strcpy-chk.3.i: In function 'main': strcpy-chk.3.i:2:5: error: non-trivial conversion at assignment <unnamed-unsigned:8> * <unnamed-signed:8> * D.2023_3 = D.2027_5; strcpy-chk.3.i:2:5: internal compiler error: verify_stmts failed Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42528