With GCC configurations using the SVR4 rather than the PLT dynamic executable model and the o32 ABI with the data-sym-pool.c test case code like below is produced:
.file 1 "data-sym-pool.c" .section .mdebug.abi32 .previous .nan legacy .module fp=xx .module nooddspreg .abicalls .text .align 2 .globl frob .set mips16 .set nomicromips .ent frob .type frob, @function frob: .frame $17,8,$31 # vars= 0, regs= 1/0, args= 0, gp= 0 .mask 0x00020000,-4 .fmask 0x00000000,0 save 8,$17 move $17,$sp lw $2,$L4 move $sp,$17 restore 8,$17 jr $31 .type __pool_frob_3, @object __pool_frob_3: .align 2 $L3: .word __gnu_local_gp $L4: .word 305419896 .type __pend_frob_3, @function __pend_frob_3: .insn .end frob .size frob, .-frob .ident "GCC: (GNU) 8.0.1 20180410 (experimental)" causing a failure due to the unexpected `__gnu_local_gp' entry in the constant pool, even though there is nothing wrong with it as far as the annotation being examined is concerned. Given that the SVR4 vs PLT code model consideration is irrelevant for this test case rather than rewriting the regular expression to match this variant of code just enforce the PLT model by using the `-mplt' option. It is safe to use this option unconditionally as it is silently ignored with configurations that do not support this model, e.g. bare metal ELF. gcc/testsuite/ * gcc.target/mips/data-sym-pool.c (dg-options): Add `-mplt'. --- Hi, I have regression-tested this with the `mips-mti-linux-gnu' target and the o32, n32 and n64 ABIs. The two latters are demoted to o64 by the test framework due to the lack of MIPS16 support for the hard-float variants of these ABIs and I don't have soft-float multilibs configured, so instead I have verified n32/soft-float and n64/soft-float variants by hand. The latter revealed the need for 2/2. Finally I do not have a bare metal ELF configuration available for regression-testing right now, so I only verified that `-mplt' is silently ignored. Code generated is expected to be the same as in the PLT mode. OK to apply? Maciej --- gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/mips/data-sym-pool.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) gcc-mips16-test-data-sym-pool-extra-entries.diff Index: gcc/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/mips/data-sym-pool.c =================================================================== --- gcc.orig/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/mips/data-sym-pool.c 2016-11-17 21:24:46.000000000 +0000 +++ gcc/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/mips/data-sym-pool.c 2018-04-10 23:27:49.226719338 +0100 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* { dg-do compile } */ -/* { dg-options "-mips16 -mcode-readable=yes" } */ +/* { dg-options "-mips16 -mcode-readable=yes -mplt" } */ int frob (void) @@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ $L3: # The label must match. __pend_frob_3: # The symbol must match. .insn - that is `__pool_*'/`__pend_*' symbols inserted around a constant pool. */ + that is `__pool_*'/`__pend_*' symbols inserted around a constant pool. + + This code is built with `-mplt' to prevent the special `__gnu_local_gp' + symbol from being placed in the constant pool at `-O0' for SVR4 code + and consequently interfering with test expectations. */ /* { dg-final { scan-assembler "\tlw\t\\\$\[0-9\]+,(.L(\[0-9\]+))\n.*\t\\.type\t(__pool_frob_\\2), @object\n\\3:\n\t\\.align\t2\n\\1:\n\t\\.word\t305419896\n\t\\.type\t(__pend_frob_\\2), @function\n\\4:\n\t\\.insn\n" } } */