Andrew Pinski Wrote: >> I figured out that ifcvt.c uses alloca to reserve mem on the stack. this is >> the point where the segmentation fault occurs. > > It is also a regression from what I can tell too from 4.1.x.
And one that's fixed for GCC 4.8. See http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2012-08/msg00270.html If it's a regression then perhaps the patch could be back-ported to open release branches. Ciao! Steven