https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=95432
Bug ID: 95432 Summary: inconsistent behaviors at -O2 Product: gcc Version: 10.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: debug Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: yangyibiao at hust dot edu.cn Target Milestone: --- Consider test case: ... $ cat small.c __attribute__ ((noinline, noclone)) int foo (char *c) { asm volatile ("" : : "r" (c) : "memory"); return 1; } int main () { char tpl1[20] = "/tmp/test.XXX"; char tpl2[20] = "/tmp/test.XXX"; int fd1 = foo (tpl1); int fd2 = foo (tpl2); if (fd1 == -1) { return 1; } return 0; } ... When stepping with step, line 13 is not hit by gdb. ... $ gcc -O2 -g small.c; gdb -q a.out Reading symbols from a.out... (gdb) b main Breakpoint 1 at 0x401020: file small.c, line 10. (gdb) r Starting program: /home/yibiao/Debugger/a.out Breakpoint 1, main () at small.c:10 10 char tpl1[20] = "/tmp/test.XXX"; (gdb) step 11 char tpl2[20] = "/tmp/test.XXX"; (gdb) 12 int fd1 = foo (tpl1); (gdb) foo (c=c@entry=0x7fffffffdea0 "/tmp/test.XXX") at small.c:5 5 return 1; (gdb) foo (c=c@entry=0x7fffffffdec0 "/tmp/test.XXX") at small.c:5 5 return 1; (gdb) main () at small.c:14 14 if (fd1 == -1) { (gdb) 0x00007ffff7df4023 in __libc_start_main () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) Single stepping until exit from function __libc_start_main, which has no line number information. [Inferior 1 (process 1852557) exited normally] ... When stepping with stepi, line 13 is hit by gdb as follow. ... $ gcc -O2 -g small.c; gdb -q a.out Reading symbols from a.out... (gdb) b main Breakpoint 1 at 0x401020: file small.c, line 10. (gdb) r Starting program: /home/yibiao/Debugger/a.out Breakpoint 1, main () at small.c:10 10 char tpl1[20] = "/tmp/test.XXX"; (gdb) stepi 0x0000000000401024 10 char tpl1[20] = "/tmp/test.XXX"; (gdb) 0x000000000040102c 12 int fd1 = foo (tpl1); (gdb) 0x000000000040102f 10 char tpl1[20] = "/tmp/test.XXX"; (gdb) 11 char tpl2[20] = "/tmp/test.XXX"; (gdb) 12 int fd1 = foo (tpl1); (gdb) 0x0000000000401043 11 char tpl2[20] = "/tmp/test.XXX"; (gdb) 0x0000000000401048 12 int fd1 = foo (tpl1); (gdb) foo (c=c@entry=0x7fffffffdea0 "/tmp/test.XXX") at small.c:5 5 return 1; (gdb) 0x0000000000401165 5 return 1; (gdb) 0x000000000040104d in main () at small.c:13 13 int fd2 = foo (tpl2); (gdb) ... $ gcc --version gcc (GCC) 10.0.1 20200419 (experimental) Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. $ gdb --version GNU gdb (GDB) 10.0.50.20200517-git Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.