http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58579
Bug ID: 58579 Summary: Memory allocation fails when calling character-valued function Product: gcc Version: 4.8.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: apbartok at gmail dot com This is a problem I found with gfortran 4.6.3, 4.7.3, 4.8.0 on $ uname -a Linux 3.2.0-29-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:03:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ gfortran -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=/usr/bin/gfortran-4.8 COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro 4.8.0-3ubuntu3~12.04' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.8/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.8 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.8 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-plugin --with-system-zlib --enable-objc-gc --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.8.0 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.8.0-3ubuntu3~12.04) and gfortran 4.7.3 on $ uname -a Darwin 11.4.2 Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.2: Thu Aug 23 16:25:48 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1699.32.7~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 $ gfortran -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gfortran COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/opt/local/libexec/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin11/4.7.3/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-apple-darwin11 Configured with: ../gcc-4.7.3/configure --prefix=/opt/local --build=x86_64-apple-darwin11 --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,lto,fortran,java --libdir=/opt/local/lib/gcc47 --includedir=/opt/local/include/gcc47 --infodir=/opt/local/share/info --mandir=/opt/local/share/man --datarootdir=/opt/local/share/gcc-4.7 --with-libiconv-prefix=/opt/local --with-local-prefix=/opt/local --with-system-zlib --disable-nls --program-suffix=-mp-4.7 --with-gxx-include-dir=/opt/local/include/gcc47/c++/ --with-gmp=/opt/local --with-mpfr=/opt/local --with-mpc=/opt/local --with-ppl=/opt/local --with-cloog=/opt/local --enable-cloog-backend=isl --disable-cloog-version-check --enable-stage1-checking --disable-multilib --enable-lto --enable-libstdcxx-time --with-as=/opt/local/bin/as --with-ld=/opt/local/bin/ld --with-ar=/opt/local/bin/ar --with-bugurl=https://trac.macports.org/newticket --disable-ppl-version-check --with-pkgversion='MacPorts gcc47 4.7.3_1' Thread model: posix gcc version 4.7.3 (MacPorts gcc47 4.7.3_1) I don't think this is a simple stack issue: $ ulimit -a core file size (blocks, -c) unlimited data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited scheduling priority (-e) 0 file size (blocks, -f) unlimited pending signals (-i) 128297 max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 64 max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited open files (-n) 1024 pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8 POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) 819200 real-time priority (-r) 0 stack size (kbytes, -s) unlimited cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited max user processes (-u) 128297 virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited file locks (-x) unlimited The following test case runs fine $ echo "33554431" | ./a.out but this one fails $ echo "33554432" | ./a.out Operating system error: Cannot allocate memory Memory allocation failed compilation: $ gfortran -g -Wall -Wextra -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -fcheck=all -fdump-core -fbacktrace test_char_array.f95 (without the "-f" options the code simply returns a segmentation fault.) code: $ cat test_char_array.f95 program test_char implicit none integer :: i read*, i print*, trim(test(i)) contains function test(i) integer, intent(in) :: i character(len=i) :: test test(1:1) = "A" endfunction test endprogram test_char Many thanks in advance. Albert