Intel C++ bug reports?

[Liviu Nicoara]

Hi guys,

Does any of you know how to go about submitting an Intel compiler bug without a 
premier support account?

While configuring the library on my x86_64 machine, I ran into what appears to 
be a code generation compiler bug which affects LIMITS.cpp test -- the test 
cycles ad infinitum because of the incorrect test marked below:

$ uname -a; icpc -v; cat t.cpp; icpc t.cpp && ./a.out 
Linux behemoth 2.6.37.6 #3 SMP Sat Apr 9 22:49:32 CDT 2011 x86_64 AMD 
Opteron(tm) Processor 6134 AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
icpc version 12.1.5 (gcc version 4.5.2 compatibility)
#include <stdio.h>

volatile int zero  = 0;
volatile int one   = zero + 1;
volatile int two   = one + 1;

template< typename T >
T test ()
{
    T max = T (one);

    // Find largest in which multiplied by two results in a 
    // negative value

    for (; T (max * two) > max; max *= two) ;


    //
    // Perform a binary search variant for the maximum
    //

    T tmp = max / (two + two);

    for (; tmp;) {
        if (T (max + tmp) < max) {         // <- fail
            if (tmp > T (two))
                tmp /= two;
            else if (max < T (max + one))
                tmp = one;
            else
                break;
        }
        else
            max += tmp;
    }

    return max;
}

int main ()
{
    printf ("INT_MAX : %x\n", test< int > ());
    return 0;
}
^C
$ 

which runs just fine with gcc:

$ g++ t.cpp && ./a.out
INT_MAX : 7fffffff

Thanks!

Liviu