Hi, I've found a potential issue when performing CFG operations for hardware loops.
When a port is using hardware loops (like ARC) makes use of reorg_loops to find and analyze loops that end in loop_end instructions. The very same function can be set to reorder the cfg such that the loop end occurs after the loop start. This task is performed by reoder_loops function which at its turn calls cfg_layout_finalize -> fixup_reoreder_chain -> force_nonfallthru_and_redirect (cfgrtl.c:1476). However, the latter is splitting a call and its corresponding CALL_ARG_LOCATION note, leading to an assert in dwarf2out_var_location() at dwarf2out.c:26391. Thus, I've made a hack which patches the force_nonfallthru_and_redirect() function to avoid splitting calls and their note: diff --git a/gcc/cfgrtl.c b/gcc/cfgrtl.c index ae46908..38a739c 100644 --- a/gcc/cfgrtl.c +++ b/gcc/cfgrtl.c @@ -1626,6 +1626,9 @@ force_nonfallthru_and_redirect (edge e, basic_block target, rtx jump_label) else new_head = BB_END (e->src); new_head = NEXT_INSN (new_head); + if (new_head && NOTE_P (new_head) + && NOTE_KIND (new_head) == NOTE_INSN_CALL_ARG_LOCATION) + new_head = NEXT_INSN (new_head); jump_block = create_basic_block (new_head, NULL, e->src); jump_block->count = count; I do not know if this is the way forward and I would like to have your input on this subject. To reproduce the issue one can use ARC backend and the following test code with option -O2 -mcpu=arc700 -g : typedef void Trans_NS_std_new_handler(); void *operator new(unsigned) { void *p; while (__builtin_expect(p == 0, false)) { Trans_NS_std_new_handler handler; try { handler(); } catch (int) { } } return (void*) 0xdead; } Thank you, Claudiu