Using gcc-4.5 (r162000) to build webkit, cc1plus slowly exhausted all my memory (6gb + 6gb swap) and was OOM killed. Compiling the preprocessed file reduced the problem to a quick (5 second) segfault.
-- Summary: g++ segfault with -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -O2 -fno- exceptions Product: gcc Version: 4.5.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: graham dot gower at gmail dot com GCC build triplet: x86_64-linux GCC host triplet: x86_64-linux GCC target triplet: mipsel-oe-linux http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44944