Original patch: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2012-03/msg01393.html
'Tested' with.. ../gcc-4_7-branch/configure --target=sh-elf --prefix=/usr/local --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-multilib --disable-libssp --disable-nls --disable-werror --enable-lto --with-newlib --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --with-system-zlib make all OK for 4.7 branch? ChangeLog: Backport from mainline 2012-03-21 Kaz Kojima <kkoj...@gcc.gnu.org> PR target/52642 * config/sh/sh.c (sh_expand_prologue): Emit blockage at the end of prologue for unwinder and profiler.
Index: gcc/config/sh/sh.c =================================================================== --- gcc/config/sh/sh.c (revision 185554) +++ gcc/config/sh/sh.c (working copy) @@ -7239,6 +7239,13 @@ emit_insn (gen_shcompact_incoming_args ()); } + /* If we are profiling, make sure no instructions are scheduled before + the call to mcount. Similarly if some call instructions are swapped + before frame related insns, it'll confuse the unwinder because + currently SH has no unwind info for function epilogues. */ + if (crtl->profile || flag_exceptions || flag_unwind_tables) + emit_insn (gen_blockage ()); + if (flag_stack_usage_info) current_function_static_stack_size = stack_usage; }