http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60899
Bug ID: 60899 Summary: undef reference generated with -fdevirtualize-speculatively Product: gcc Version: 4.10.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: tree-optimization Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: xinliangli at gmail dot com Build the following code with the following command line: g++ -O2 -fdisable-tree-einline a.cc a_m.cc results in: /tmp/cci31j3N.o: In function `D::doit()': a.cc:(.text._ZN1D4doitEv[_ZN1D4doitEv]+0x5): undefined reference to `A::foo()' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status It builds fine when devirtualization is disabled: -O2 -fno-devirtualization-speculatively -fdisable-tree-einline The problem is there is no instantiation of any class A instances (final or subclass) in the program, so vtables and A::foo are all eliminated. The reference to A::foo is from D::doit. In a successful build, there are no D instances either, so D::doit won't be emitted. However with speculative devirtualization, D::doit may be speculatively referenced even though there are no D instances. What happens is that during ipa-inline, goo is inlined into D::doit, the virtual call to foo should become an direct call to A::foo, but the new edge is not discovered. Since there is no call edge to A::foo, A::foo gets removed right after ipa-inline (before inline transform). However during inline transform, gimple-fold-call converts the virtual call into a direct call. The test case is extracted from a very large real program. The explicit reference to D::doit in bar is to demonstrate the problem -- in the real program, the reference is from spec-devirt. //a.h struct B { virtual int foo() = 0; int goo() { return foo(); } int i; }; struct A : public B { A() : i(0) {} int foo() { return 1;} int i; }; struct A2 : public B { int foo() { return 2;} }; struct DI { virtual int doit() = 0; }; struct D : public DI { virtual int doit () { return m.goo(); } A m; }; // a.cc #include "a.h" int cond; int bar (DI* ap) { if (cond) return static_cast<D*>(ap)->D::doit(); // Mimic speculative devirtualization return ap->doit(); } // a_m.cc #include "a.h" int cond; int bar (DI* ap) { if (cond) return static_cast<D*>(ap)->D::doit(); // Mimic speculative devirtualization return ap->doit(); }