Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:11:08 +0200 From: Tijl Coosemans <tijl@coosemans.org> To: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> Cc: gerald@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Possible regression in i386 build with gcc 4.6 Message-ID: <506EEA7C.2020307@coosemans.org> In-Reply-To: <506B3E9A.1000905@ShaneWare.Biz> References: <506B3E9A.1000905@ShaneWare.Biz>
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On 02-10-2012 21:20, Shane Ambler wrote:
> I found a situation where gcc v4.2 compiles a i386 working binary and
> v4.6 doesn't. (Currently 4.7 and 4.8 fail to build this code) I have
> verified that this happens with 8.2/8.3/9.0 i386 systems. x86_64
> versions build without issue as does clang i386/x86_64.
>=20
> It appears that the x86_64 target of gcc offers gcc atomics while the
> i386 target doesn't - and this appears to be a freebsd specific setup,
> the i386 targets then fall back to using tbb atomics.
>=20
> Is this some subtle bug I'm missing? can it be alleviated with compiler=
> flags/more universal code?
>=20
> I have tried to cut this down to just the call that triggers a
> segmentation fault but the one call itself isn't enough.
>=20
> The issue can be found in graphics/openimageio. The easiest way I know
> to cause the segmentation fault is with the image viewer that is part o=
f
> the port (it is a Qt app) it seg faults during startup. There is no nee=
d
> to open any images just starting iv with an empty window is fine.
>=20
> The makefile is setup to USE_GCC=3D4.6+ for i386/8.2 - this is a leftov=
er
> from earlier versions that will be removed next update.
>=20
> cd /usr/ports/graphics/openimageio
> make
> ./work/.build/iv/iv
>=20
> The error appears to stem from line 193 of src/libutil/ustring.cpp
>=20
> atomic_exchange_and_add (&ustring_stats_constructed, 1);
>=20
> Commenting this line prevents the crash but isn't a valid fix.
> the relevant function it calls is -- src/include/thread.h:283
> which uses the atomic class template from tbb for the i386 build.
>=20
> inline long long
> atomic_exchange_and_add (volatile long long *at, long long x)
> {
> #ifdef USE_GCC_ATOMICS
> return __sync_fetch_and_add (at, x);
> #elif USE_TBB
> atomic<long long> *a =3D (atomic<long long> *)at;
> return a->fetch_and_add (x);
> #elif defined(__APPLE__)
> <snip>
> #endif
> }
Atomic operations on long long require cmpxchg8b instruction which was
added to the i586, so if you add -march=3Di586 to CFLAGS you should be
able to use gcc atomics on FreeBSD/i386 as well.
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