https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83758
--- Comment #21 from boger at us dot ibm.com --- (In reply to Alexandre Oliva from comment #19) > I was copied, presumably because the problem occurred in var-tracking. > > I've tried to duplicate the problem on gcc112. I bootstrapped the trunk > (without any --with-cpu flag), and then build attachment 43208 [details] > with stage3: > > $ ./gccgo -B./ -I../../libgo/go -I../powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu/libgo > -I../powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu/libgo/go -O2 -g t.go -mcpu=power8 -c > [success] > > Given this, I conclude that the problem only occurs if the compiler is > bootstrapped --with-cpu=power[89]. This suggests to me that, although the > ICE is triggered in var-tracking, the problem is unlikely to be there: the > compiler is getting miscompiled. I suppose that, by now, you already knew > that ;-) The problem only occurs when configuring --with-cpu=power8 or 9 AND compiling for split stack. If you are on a system where glibc is 2.17 or older then split stack is not enabled and you won't see the failure even with --with-cpu=power8 or 9.