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Re: testsuite xfailure
- From: law at redhat dot com
- To: "John David Anglin" <dave at hiauly1 dot hia dot nrc dot ca>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 14:51:31 -0700
- Subject: Re: testsuite xfailure
- Reply-to: law at redhat dot com
> > strct-stdarg-1.c has never worked on the PA. This patch marks it as
> > an expected failure.
> >
> > * gcc.c-torture/execute/strct-stdarg-1.x: New file. Expect
> > execution failure on PA targets.
>
> I believe this is wrong and there is a real problem that has existed
> for years.
I'm not saying we don't have a problem. We do. All my change does is make
it an expected failure -- hell, I added that test to the testsuite years
ago.
> The problem is that the argument padding for structs that
> are 5 to 7 bytes is wrong. If you compare the code generated by gcc
> with that generated by the HP compiler you will see that this is the
> case.
Yes. I've known about it for years, but never got around to fixing it.
jeff