http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56361
Bug #: 56361 Summary: assertion failure passing structs w/o fields by value on sparc64 Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.7.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: target AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: jay.kr...@cornell.edu We have a strange front end. It declares structs with size but no fields. It actually works..except sometimes for SPARC64. We have a function that passes a few structs by value. They are 12 bytes each. 4.7.2/config/sparc/sparc.c: static rtx function_arg_record_value (const_tree type, enum machine_mode mode, int slotno, int named, int regbase) . . . else { /* ??? C++ has structures with no fields, and yet a size. Give up for now and pass everything back in integer registers. */ nregs = (typesize + UNITS_PER_WORD - 1) / UNITS_PER_WORD; } if (nregs + slotno > SPARC_INT_ARG_MAX) nregs = SPARC_INT_ARG_MAX - slotno; } gcc_assert (nregs != 0); SPARC_INT_ARG_MAX == 6 nregs = 2 slotno = 6 so then nregs = 0 and the assert fails I think it should say: gcc_assert (nregs != 0 || parms.stack);