On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Jeff Law <l...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 08/21/2013 08:25 AM, David Edelsohn wrote: >> >> This patch has caused a bootstrap failure for powerpc-aix and probably >> powerpc64-linux. GCC segfaults and core dumps during stage2 >> configure. >> >> The motivation for this patch seems faulty and I strongly request that >> it be reverted. > > Instead of going instantly to "revert the patch", the right thing to do is > spend a little time analyzing the problem then decide on the best course of > action. It could well be the issue Bernd noted about changing > regs_ever_live after reload. I'm looking at it now.
Well, that was the purpose of the patch: " Fixed by forcing regs_ever_live update and rerunning df_analyze () at fini_dce()." Note that the patch was for an out-of-tree port. Meaning: trunk is currently broken for a patch that wasn't needed for any in-tree ports. Ciao! Steven
