https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=111065
Bug ID: 111065
Summary: [RISCV] t-linux-multilib specifies incorrect multilib
reuse patterns
Product: gcc
Version: og13 (devel/omp/gcc-13)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: target
Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
Reporter: tommy_murphy at hotmail dot com
Target Milestone: ---
The file gcc/config/riscv/t-linux-multilib:
*
https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/blob/master/gcc/config/riscv/t-linux-multilib
specifies the RISC-V multilibs to be built when --enable-multilib is passed at
configuration time:
*
https://github.com/riscv-collab/riscv-gnu-toolchain#installation-newliblinux-multilib
It also specifies multilib reuse patterns. These control what (if any) multilib
is (re)used when an arch/abi is specified at compile time (using -march=...
-mabi=...) for which no specific multilib exists. For example:
* rv64imafdc-lp64d-rv64imafd-
This specifies that the multilib for rv64imafdc/lp64d be built at toolchain
build time, and that it also be (re)used for the arch/abi rv64imafd/lp64d when
-march=rv64imafd -mabi=lp64d is passed at compile time.
In this case this reuse mapping will lead to problems if the target platform
(hardware, simulator etc.) strictly supports rv64imafd/lp64d but
libraries/startup code for rv64imafdc/lp64d are linked. This is because the
latter will most likely use RISC-V compressed instructions (via the RISC-V
optional C/Compressed extension) which the rv64imafd/lp64d target will not
support and will trap on.
Multilib reuse mappings should always be from an arch/abi "superset" to a
"subset" of extensions. For example:
* reusing rv64imafd/lp64d for a rv64imafdc/lp64d target is OK - it just doesn't
take advantage of the C (Compressed) extension
* reusing rv64imafdc/lp64d for a rv64imafd/lp64d target is not OK - the
libraries will most likely use C (Compressed) instructions which the latter
target does not support and will trap on.
According to this comment:
*
https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/blob/35b5762a740d4506d7acac65d0f8375640362492/gcc/config/riscv/t-linux-multilib#L2C1-L3C1
This is the list of multilibs/reuse patterns specified:
* rv32imac-ilp32-rv32ima,rv32imaf,rv32imafd,rv32imafc,rv32imafdc-
* rv32imafdc-ilp32d-rv32imafd-
* rv64imac-lp64-rv64ima,rv64imaf,rv64imafd,rv64imafc,rv64imafdc-
* rv64imafdc-lp64d-rv64imafd-
all of which seem problematic/erroneous because they specify the reuse of
libraries with compressed instructions for arch/abi's that do not support the C
(Compressed) extension.
However I am loath to submit a patch because I am not sure what the
correct/authoritative list of multilibs and reuse patterns *should be* and what
disturbance may be caused by changing this file.
Maybe one of the seasoned RISC-V GCC contributors might be able to comment?
Thanks.
