https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65756
Bug ID: 65756
Summary: undefined reference to __atomic_store for odd-sized
std::atomic<T>
Product: gcc
Version: 5.0
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: libstdc++
Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
Reporter: msebor at gcc dot gnu.org
The following C++ 11 program fails to link with GCC (both 4.9 and 5.0) because
the primary std::atomic template allocates 3 bytes for both a and aa and calls
__atomic_store(&aa.a, &tmp, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST). GCC only supports calls to
__atomic_store with power of 2 arguments of at most 8. Assuming the code is
well-defined (I couldn't find anything to suggest otherwise -- the type meets
the trivially-copyable requirement) it seems that specializations of the
template on types of such sizes should add padding up to the nearest greater
power of 2 and increase their own alignment so as to make it possible to
manipulate them atomically. Larger specializations will need to make use of a
mutex.
$ cat a.cpp && g++ -Wall -Wpedantic -std=c++11 a.cpp
#include <atomic>
int main (void) {
struct A { char a [3]; } a = { { 'a', 'b', 'c' } };
std::atomic<A> aa;
aa.store (a);
}
/tmp/ccGQyZte.o: In function `std::atomic<main::A>::store(main::A,
std::memory_order)':
a.cpp:(.text+0xf0): undefined reference to `__atomic_store'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
