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Re: [PATCH] correct maximum valid alignment in error message (PR 89812)


On 3/25/19 10:07 AM, Jeff Law wrote:
On 3/24/19 6:21 PM, Martin Sebor wrote:
The error issued when the aligned attribute argument is too big
to be represented is incorrect: it says the maximum alignment
is 1U << 31 when it should actually be 1 << 28.  This was a typo
introduced when the error message was enhanced earlier in GCC 9.

The test I added to verify the fix for the typo exposed another
bug introduced in the same commit as the incorrect value in
the error message: assuming that the attribute aligned argument
fits in SHWI.

The attached patch corrects both problems.  It has been tested
on x86_64-linux.  I will commit it as obvious sometime this week
unless there are any objections or suggestions for changes.

Martin

PS I have a couple of questions related to the affected code:
1) Does GCC support building with compilers where int is not 32
    bits wide, or where BITS_PER_UNIT is not 3? (I.e., either is
    less or more?)
We've certainly supported 16 bit ints in the past.  H8/300 would be an
example.  It defaults to 16 bit ints.  But I don't think we've tested
that in a very long time -- my tester is only testing with -mint32.

Look for INT_TYPE_SIZE in config/*/*.h

We've never supported bootstrapping in that mode, just crosses.

Thanks, that's what I was after: whether GCC can build natively
with such a compiler where sizeof (int) != 32.  Sounds like it
can't, i.e., HOST_BITS_PER_INT is always at least 32.  Or do
you suppose it's always exactly 32?


AVR is probably the most interesting as it even has an flag to make
"int" be 8 bits.  It's probably the best tested target in this space.

BITS_PER_UNIT is more of a hardware characteristic.  It's generally 8.
THough I thought one of the TI chips defined it to 32.  I suspect you
weren't really looking for BITS_PER_UNIT here.

I think using BITS_PER_UNIT here is actually another bug in
the function: it should be using CHAR_BITS instead, like so:

  if (log2align >= HOST_BITS_PER_INT - exact_log2 (CHAR_BITS))
    {
      error ("requested alignment %qE exceeds maximum %u",
	     align, 1U << (HOST_BITS_PER_INT - exact_log2 (CHAR_BITS) - 1));
      return -1;
    }


2) Is there a supported target that doesn't have __INT64_TYPE__?
    (And if so, how do I find it in a test?  I couldn't find
    anythhing in target-supports.exp).
Some of the embedded ports most likely.  Again, H8/300 might be a port
to look at.

You can dig through config/newlib-stdint.h to see how the sizes of
standard types are defined for newlib.  You then have to dig into how
the port defines LONG_TYPE_SIZE, LONG_LONG_TYPE_SIZE, etc etc.


Given a cross, you can use sizeof (whatever) to get the sizes if you
don't mind slogging through a bit of assembly code to figure things out.

Thanks.  I was concerned about the test I added breaking on
systems that don't define __INT64_TYPE__, but I see other tests
that assume that __INT64_TYPE__ exists, so if it does break, it
won't be the only one.

Martin


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