On Sat, 25 Jul 2026, Longjun Luo wrote:

> I tested the global-removal variant based on trunk commit
> 5453f858146 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.
> 
> The bootstrap completed successfully, including the stage2/stage3
> comparison, and the new PR126355 testcase passed. However, the full
> regression test exposed ICEs in the following existing tests with
> -O3 -g:
> 
> g++.dg/torture/covariant-1.C
> g++.dg/torture/pr45699.C
> g++.dg/torture/pr46287.C
> g++.dg/torture/pr48661.C
> g++.dg/torture/pr58585.C
> g++.dg/torture/pr59226.C
> g++.dg/torture/pr94202.C
> 
> They all fail at the same assertion:
> 
> old_die = lookup_decl_die (decl);
> gcc_assert (old_die != NULL);
> 
> in dwarf2out_abstract_function. A representative backtrace is:
> 
> dwarf2out_abstract_function
> tree_function_versioning
> save_inline_function_body
> inline_transform
> 
> These cases involve C++ thunks expanded through the inline path. Without
> the DECL_IGNORED_P setting, final debug processing reaches declarations
> which do not have an early DIE, and lookup_decl_die returns NULL.
>
> Thus, although g++.dg/other/pr87574.C itself no longer reproduces its
> original ICE on current trunk, it is not a sufficient guard for the
> underlying condition. At least some forced GIMPLE thunks expanded through
> the inline path still rely on DECL_IGNORED_P.

Thanks for investigating.
 
> I therefore will not post the global-removal variant as v2. The
> caller-specific save/restore in cgraph_node::create_wrapper remains the
> narrower fix: it bypasses the protection only for an ICF wrapper which
> reuses the original source declaration and its early DIE, while leaving
> late-created thunks in the other callers unchanged.
> 
> Unless there is a better way to distinguish forced thunks which already
> have a usable early DIE, I suggest keeping the ICF-local approach.

I agree, so the original patch is OK.

Thanks,
Richard.

> Richard Biener <[email protected]> 于2026年7月24日周五 15:56写道:
> 
> > On Thu, 23 Jul 2026, Longjun Luo wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks. I traced the setting back to PR middle-end/87574.
> > >
> > > r264943 removed the previously unconditional DECL_IGNORED_P setting from
> > > expand_thunk, which exposed the DWARF ICE reported as PR87574. r265028
> > > (Eric Botcazou) then restored it conditionally for forced GIMPLE thunks.
> > >
> > > For the record, the PR87574 reproducer itself is not LTO-related: it is a
> > > plain "-O2 -g" ICE in add_data_member_location_attribute
> > > (dwarf2out.c:19226), and its testcase g++.dg/other/pr87574.C is a
> > > { dg-do compile }, so compiling it exercises the original failure mode
> > > directly.
> > >
> > > There are in fact three callers of
> > > expand_thunk (..., /*force_gimple_thunk=*/true): inline_call
> > > (ipa-inline-transform.cc), the ICF wrapper
> > > (cgraph_node::create_wrapper), and coverage instrumentation
> > > (tree-profile.cc).
> > >
> > > I built an x86_64-pc-linux-gnu compiler from trunk commit 5453f858146
> > > with only the conditional DECL_IGNORED_P setting removed, and ran these
> > > targeted compile checks:
> > >
> > > - g++.dg/other/pr87574.C compiled with -O2 -g and no ICE; an additional
> > > IPA inline dump showed the thunk expanded through inline_call;
> > > - the new PR126355 test source compiled with the test options; the ICF
> > > dump showed that the wrapper was created, and the assembly showed an
> > > address-bearing DIE for pr_icf_wrapper_b;
> > > - g++.dg/tree-prof/devirt.C compiled to assembly with
> > > -O3 -g -fprofile-generate -fno-profile-values
> > > -fdump-ipa-cgraph-details -S -dA, and the generated thunks contained
> > > their __gcov counters, exercising the tree-profile.cc path.
> > >
> > > Thus, the original PR87574 failure no longer reproduces on this trunk
> > > checkout with the setting removed, and g++.dg/other/pr87574.C remains as
> > > a guard should it ever return.
> > >
> > > Given that, removing the setting globally looks worth testing as the
> > > simpler fix. It addresses the common setting in expand_thunk rather than
> > > undoing it only in the ICF caller. It also changes debug emission for the
> > > inline_call and coverage paths, however, so I will do a full bootstrap
> > and
> > > regtest, with particular attention to the LTO, debug, guality, dwarf2,
> > and
> > > tree-prof suites, before posting such a revision.
> > >
> > > Would you prefer that global removal, or the more conservative
> > > caller-specific patch as posted? I can go either way; the ICF-only
> > version
> > > remains a fallback if the removal turns up any fallout.
> >
> > I prefer the global removal, but I CCed Eric in case he remembers
> > details and can argue the actual issue still exists.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Richard.
> >
> > > Richard Biener <[email protected]> 于2026年7月23日周四 16:38写道:
> > >
> > > > On Thu, 23 Jul 2026, Longjun Luo wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > When IPA ICF keeps a distinct symbol for an address-taken function by
> > > > > replacing its body with a wrapper, cgraph_node::create_wrapper
> > reuses the
> > > > > original function declaration and its early debug DIE.
> > > > >
> > > > > create_wrapper then calls expand_thunk with force_gimple_thunk set.
> > > > Forced
> > > > > GIMPLE thunks are normally created after early debug, so expand_thunk
> > > > marks
> > > > > their declarations ignored.  For an ICF wrapper this also prevents
> > final
> > > > > debug emission from attaching the wrapper address to the existing
> > DIE.
> > > > > The wrapper consequently has code and an STT_FUNC symbol but no
> > > > > address-bearing DW_TAG_subprogram DIE.
> > > > >
> > > > > Preserve the declaration's original DECL_IGNORED_P value across
> > forced
> > > > > GIMPLE thunk expansion in create_wrapper.  Declarations that were
> > already
> > > > > ignored remain ignored, while an original source declaration can
> > receive
> > > > > its final address information.
> > > > >
> > > > > Tested on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu with the new gcc.dg/debug/dwarf2
> > test.  The
> > > > > test fails before the change and passes afterwards.
> > > >
> > > > There's two calls to expand_thunk (..., true), one from ICF as you
> > > > figured and one from inline_call ().  I wonder if it's better to
> > > > remove
> > > >
> > > >       /* We need to force DECL_IGNORED_P when the thunk is created
> > > >          after early debug was run.  */
> > > >       if (force_gimple_thunk)
> > > >         DECL_IGNORED_P (thunk_fndecl) = 1;
> > > >
> > > > or figure why it was put there and see if the reason still holds
> > > > (sounds LTO-ish).
> > > >
> > > > Richard.
> > > >
> > > > >       PR debug/126355
> > > > >
> > > > > gcc/ChangeLog:
> > > > >
> > > > >       * cgraphunit.cc (cgraph_node::create_wrapper): Preserve
> > > > >       DECL_IGNORED_P across forced GIMPLE thunk expansion.
> > > > >
> > > > > gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog:
> > > > >
> > > > >       * gcc.dg/debug/dwarf2/pr126355.c: New test.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Longjun Luo <[email protected]>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  gcc/cgraphunit.cc                            |  5 +++
> > > > >  gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/debug/dwarf2/pr126355.c | 35
> > ++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > >  2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
> > > > >  create mode 100644 gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/debug/dwarf2/pr126355.c
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/gcc/cgraphunit.cc b/gcc/cgraphunit.cc
> > > > > index 67aaebf108b..d397c9ae4cc 100644
> > > > > --- a/gcc/cgraphunit.cc
> > > > > +++ b/gcc/cgraphunit.cc
> > > > > @@ -2683,7 +2683,12 @@ cgraph_node::create_wrapper (cgraph_node
> > *target)
> > > > >        arguments = TREE_CHAIN (arguments);
> > > > >      }
> > > > >
> > > > > +  /* Forced GIMPLE thunks are normally ignored because they are
> > created
> > > > > +     after early debug.  ICF wrappers retain the original function
> > decl
> > > > and
> > > > > +     its early DIE, so preserve its original debug state.  */
> > > > > +  bool ignored_p = DECL_IGNORED_P (decl);
> > > > >    expand_thunk (this, false, true);
> > > > > +  DECL_IGNORED_P (decl) = ignored_p;
> > > > >    thunk_info::remove (this);
> > > > >
> > > > >    /* Inline summary set-up.  */
> > > > > diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/debug/dwarf2/pr126355.c
> > > > b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/debug/dwarf2/pr126355.c
> > > > > new file mode 100644
> > > > > index 00000000000..35e321008aa
> > > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > > +++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/debug/dwarf2/pr126355.c
> > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
> > > > > +/* PR debug/126355 */
> > > > > +/* Verify that an IPA ICF wrapper for an address-taken function
> > keeps an
> > > > > +   address-bearing subprogram DIE.  */
> > > > > +/* { dg-do compile } */
> > > > > +/* { dg-options "-O2 -g -gdwarf -dA -fdump-ipa-icf-details" } */
> > > > > +
> > > > > +int
> > > > > +pr_icf_wrapper_a (const char *host)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +  (void) host;
> > > > > +  return 0;
> > > > > +}
> > > > > +
> > > > > +int
> > > > > +pr_icf_wrapper_b (const char *host)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +  (void) host;
> > > > > +  return 0;
> > > > > +}
> > > > > +
> > > > > +int (*keep_a) (const char *) = pr_icf_wrapper_a;
> > > > > +int (*keep_b) (const char *) = pr_icf_wrapper_b;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +int
> > > > > +main (int argc, char **argv)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +  const char *arg = argc > 1 ? argv[1] : "x";
> > > > > +  return keep_a (arg) + keep_b (arg);
> > > > > +}
> > > > > +
> > > > > +/* Check the ICF direction explicitly because the DWARF scan below
> > > > inspects
> > > > > +   pr_icf_wrapper_b, the wrapper.  */
> > > > > +/* { dg-final { scan-ipa-dump "Semantic equality
> > > > hit:pr_icf_wrapper_a/\[0-9+\]+->pr_icf_wrapper_b/\[0-9+\]+" "icf" } }
> > */
> > > > > +/* { dg-final { scan-ipa-dump "Wrapper has been created" "icf" } }
> > */
> > > > > +/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "\\(DIE \\(0x\[0-9a-f\]+\\)
> > > >
> > DW_TAG_subprogram\\)\[\r\n\]+(\[^\r\n\]*\[\r\n\]+){1,12}\[^\r\n\]*DW_AT_name:
> > > >
> > \"pr_icf_wrapper_b\"\[\r\n\]+(\[^\r\n\]*\[\r\n\]+){1,12}\[^\r\n\]*DW_AT_low_pc"
> > > > } } */
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Richard Biener <[email protected]>
> > > > SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH,
> > > > Frankenstrasse 146, 90461 Nuernberg, Germany;
> > > > GF: Jochen Jaser, Andrew McDonald, Abhinav Puri; (HRB 36809, AG
> > Nuernberg)
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Richard Biener <[email protected]>
> > SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH,
> > Frankenstrasse 146, 90461 Nuernberg, Germany;
> > GF: Jochen Jaser, Andrew McDonald, Abhinav Puri; (HRB 36809, AG Nuernberg)
> 

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