GCC version:
gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-27)
It is really hard to reproduce and goes away even with minimal code changes.
Happens in a unit test.
Host is x86_64: "model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @
1.86GHz" from /proc/cpuinfo.
The following snippets might be useful to someone perhaps:
C code:
void pRemove(CLASS *d)
{
LC(d)->m_back->m_fwd = LC(d)->m_fwd;
LC(d)->m_fwd->m_back = LC(d)->m_back;
}
void prepend(CLASS *a)
{
pRemove(a);
LC(a)->m_fwd = head.m_fwd;
head.m_fwd->m_back = LC(a);
LC(a)->m_back = &head;
head.m_fwd = LC(a);
}
MapList::add():
// ...
m_list.remove(removed);
if (fTop) {
m_list.prepend(item);
} else {
// ...
Disassembly w/ comments:
8053c7f: 80 7d 8f 00 cmpb $0x0,0xff8f(%ebp)###
if (fTop)
8053c83: 89 02 mov%eax,(%edx)
8053c85: 8b 07 mov(%edi),%eax
8053c87: 89 3f mov%edi,(%edi)
8053c89: 89 50 04mov%edx,0x4(%eax)
8053c8c: 89 7f 04mov%edi,0x4(%edi)
The above few lines perform the remove(removed) call and the if test out of
order, which is OK. After that, variables look like this:
14: item.m_back = (Vapi::DoubleLink *) 0x81d4400
13: item.m_fwd = (Vapi::DoubleLink *) 0x81d4400
12: item = (DownloadQueue::DQ_Item *) 0x81d4400
11: this->m_list.head.m_back = (Vapi::DoubleLink *) 0xffc26b3c
10: this->m_list.head.m_fwd = (Vapi::DoubleLink *) 0xffc26b3c
9: &this->m_list.head = (Vapi::DoubleLink *) 0xffc26b3c
8: removed.m_back = (Vapi::DoubleLink *) 0x81d43b0
7: removed.m_fwd = (Vapi::DoubleLink *) 0x81d43b0
6: removed = (DownloadQueue::DQ_Item *) 0x81d43b0
The m_list.head is empty, item is on no list, and removed is on no list.
Then the code for prepend(item) is supposed to execute:
8053c8f: 0f 84 bf 01 00 00 je 8053e54
8053c95: 8b 55 0cmov0xc(%ebp),%edx ###
edx = item
8053c98: 8b 42 04mov0x4(%edx),%eax ###
eax = item->m_back (in pRemove)
8053c9b: 89 d3 mov%edx,%ebx###
ebx = item
8053c9d: 8b 12 mov(%edx),%edx ###
edx = item->m_fwd
8053c9f: 89 10 mov%edx,(%eax) ###
item->m_back->m_fwd = edx (item->m_fwd)
8053ca1: 8b 13 mov(%ebx),%edx ###
edx = item->m_fwd
8053ca3: 89 0b mov%ecx,(%ebx) ###
item->m_fwd = %ecx (removed?!)
8053ca5: 89 42 04mov%eax,0x4(%edx) ###
item->m_fwd->m_back = item->m_back
8053ca8: 8b 45 9cmov0xff9c(%ebp),%eax###
eax = head
8053cab: 8b 55 98mov0xff98(%ebp),%edx###
??
8053cae: 89 59 04mov%ebx,0x4(%ecx) ###
removed->m_back = item (?!)
8053cb1: 89 43 04mov%eax,0x4(%ebx) ###
item->m_back = head
8053cb4: 89 5a 04mov%ebx,0x4(%edx) ###
?? head->m_back = item
8053cb7: 8b 5f 20mov0x20(%edi),%ebx
But that doesn't look all that great. The compiler somehow tries to interleave
the pRemove and the rest of prepend, but the result is pretty bad:
14: item.m_back = (Vapi::DoubleLink *) 0xffc26b3c
13: item.m_fwd = (Vapi::DoubleLink *) 0x81d43b0
12: item = (DownloadQueue::DQ_Item *) 0x81d4400
11: this->m_list.head.m_back = (Vapi::DoubleLink *) 0xffc26b3c
10: this->m_list.head.m_fwd = (Vapi::DoubleLink *) 0x81d4400
9: &this->m_list.head = (Vapi::DoubleLink *) 0xffc26b3c
8: removed.m_back = (Vapi::DoubleLink *) 0x81d4400
7: removed.m_fwd = (Vapi::DoubleLink *) 0x81d43b0
6: removed = (DownloadQueue::DQ_Item *) 0x81d43b0
Item and removed point to each other, with one of their pointers, m_list.head
points to item but not with both pointers, item points to head with one of its
pointers...
May not be able to provide full source that reproduces the problem (couldn't
generate a short piece of code that reproduces the problem.) But, could perhaps
provide additional info.
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Summary: -O2 optimization generates wrong code
Product: gcc
Version: 4.1.2
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: major
Priority: P3
Component: c++
AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
ReportedBy: dino at concisoft dot com
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=36149