http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48190
Summary: [regression?] Huge memory use while compiling qemu-0.4.0 Product: gcc Version: 4.5.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: w41...@gmail.com Created attachment 23709 --> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=23709 The patch to qemu code that causes gcc-4.5.2 to hog memory While compiling qemu-0.4.0, gcc-4.5.2 consumes > 3GB of RAM at one point (building target-i386/translate.c) instead of < 1GB needed by gcc-4.4.4. $gcc -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.5.2/gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/libexec/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.2/lto-wrapper Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu Configured with: /U/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.5.2/work/gcc-4.5.2/configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.5.2 --includedir=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.2/include --datadir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.2 --mandir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.2/man --infodir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.2/info --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.2/include/g++-v4 --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --disable-altivec --disable-fixed-point --without-ppl --without-cloog --disable-lto --enable-nls --without-included-gettext --with-system-zlib --disable-werror --enable-secureplt --disable-multilib --enable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --enable-libgomp --enable-cld --with-python-dir=/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.2/python --enable-checking=release --enable-java-awt=gtk --with-arch=i686 --enable-languages=c,c++,java --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --with-bugurl=http://bugs.gentoo.org/ --with-pkgversion='Gentoo 4.5.2 p1.1, pie-0.4.5' Thread model: posix gcc version 4.5.2 (Gentoo 4.5.2 p1.1, pie-0.4.5) CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe" The memory hogging started with this commit to the qemu git repository, which I will attach: commit c832e3de64f1069313fc0672087791cc3dd5b4d8 Author: Richard Henderson Date: Mon Jan 10 19:23:47 2011 -0800 target-i386: Use deposit operation. Use this for assignment to the low byte or low word of a register.