From http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=43058#c16
The testcase checked into mainline is causing kernel panics on my debian testing ia64-linux machine when I run the gcc testsuite. The kernel panic is coming from the out-of-memory killer, when it runs out of processes to kill. I have 2GB main memory and 2GB swap. I tried a x86-linux hosted cross compiler to ia64-linux, and I see the cc1 process uses 3GB before the kernel kills it. I suspect a 32-bit x86-linux process can't use more than 3GB. I don't know how much memory is needed for this testcase, but it is clearly too much. -- Summary: [4.5 Regression] gcc.dg/pr43058.c causes kernel panic on Linux/ia64 Product: gcc Version: 4.5.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: rtl-optimization AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: hjl dot tools at gmail dot com GCC target triplet: ia64-unknown-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=43520