http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55339
Bug #: 55339 Summary: Generated code hangs with -O2 on Linux ppc Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.7.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: critical Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: anton.kati...@gmail.com Please find attached a test program and _compile.sh to compile it. _compile.sh produces 2 output files: test-O2.bin and test-O1.bin, compiled with -O2 and -O1 respectively. test-O1.bin works just fine: $ ./test-O1.bin entering... exception caught, as expected OK $ test-O1.bin hangs: $ ./test-O2.bin entering... <hangs forever at this point...> $ g++ -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=g++ COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/opt/gcc-4.7.2/libexec/gcc/powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.7.2/lto-wrapper Target: powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu Configured with: ../gcc-4.7.2/configure --prefix=/opt/gcc-4.7.2 --enable-threads=posix --disable-libunwind-exceptions --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-multilib Thread model: posix gcc version 4.7.2 (GCC) $ uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.29-3.ydl61.3 #1 SMP Thu Jun 25 12:22:41 EDT 2009 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux