On 06/07/15 12:00, Alan Lawrence wrote:
> Eric Botcazou wrote:
>>> Technically this is incorrect since AGGREGATE_TYPE_P includes ARRAY_TYPE
>>> and ARRAY_TYPE doesn't have TYPE_FIELDS.  I doubt we could reach that
>>> case though (unless there's a language that allows passing arrays by value).
>>
>> Ada passes small array types by the method specified by the 
>> pass_by_reference hook (and large array types by reference).
> 
> Ok, thanks. Here's a revised patch that handles array types. Again I've 
> tested on both trunk (bootstrap + check-gcc) and gcc-5-branch 
> (profiledbootstrap now succeeding + check-gcc). Jakub's pr65956.c testcase 
> also now passes.
> 

> The new code lacks a testcase; from what Eric says, it's possible we can 
> write one using Ada, but I don't know any Ada myself, so I think any testcase 
> should follow in a separate patch.
> 
> Neither have I managed to run a check-ada yet, as I don't presently have a 
> working Ada compiler with which to bootstrap gcc's Ada frontend. Working on 
> this now.

This is OK, the ada testing can go in parallel and we should take this in to 
not delay rc1 any further.



regards
Ramana

> 
> --Alan
> 
> gcc/ChangeLog:
> 
>     * config/arm/arm.c (arm_needs_doubleword_align) : Drop any outer
>     alignment attribute, exploring one level down for records and arrays.

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