https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89490
Bug ID: 89490 Summary: char array constant put in string merge section Product: gcc Version: 9.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: rtl-optimization Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: amodra at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- Created attachment 45813 --> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=45813&action=edit preprocessed source gold flagged this from a svn r269173 build: warning: .../powerpc64le-linux/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs//libstdc++.a(lt1-codecvt.o): last entry in mergeable string section '.rodata._ZNSt12_GLOBAL__N_114write_utf8_bomIcEEbRNS_5rangeIT_Lb1EEESt12codecvt_mode.part.0.str1.8' not null terminated and yes, 3 bytes are put in the string merge section (flags AMS) without a NUL. I'm not sure about the classification of this bug since I haven't done any analysis, it may turn out to be a target problem. cc1plus -fpreprocessed codecvt.ii -quiet -dumpbase codecvt.cc -mcpu=power9 -auxbase-strip codecvt.o -g -O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wabi=2 -std=gnu++11 -version -fchecking=1 -fno-implicit-templates -fdiagnostics-show-location=once -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -frandom-seed=codecvt.lo -fchar8_t -fPIC -o codecvt.s