* Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-01-21 18:33]: > > This address looks highly suspicious as it is not aligned while the type > > is a (void*). > > > > On ARM unaligned access are not guaranteed to work and actually > > depends on the CPU. On some of them it works as on i386, while usually > > you get the aligned word, but rotated depending on the mis-alignement. > > > > In short non-aligned accesses do not generate a SIGBUS, but rather > > return "corrupted" data, so here a wrong address that could lead to a > > segfault. > > > > If you look at the bug log, all tests with aligned address work. The > > others segfault or return (nil) as on tbm's machine. > > Any comments, Camm?
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34652#c2 contains another good describing why this is not a bug in gcc but the test case. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
