gcc 3.3.2 ICE on altivec - bug category question

[Segher Boessenkool]

On 19-jan-04, at 21:01, Jakub Bogusz wrote:

> I'm getting an ICE using gcc 3.3.2 (doesn't matter here if PR
> target/11793 fix is applied or not, I tried both versions) on
> ppc-linux system, on the following code (already preprocessed and
> simplified from original one):

<snip>

This is the same bug that causes the altivec-5.c testcase to fail.
I really should fix it ;-)

> Is suppose that altivec ABI can be needed to return vector... but
> I haven't found such information - is it true?
> And thus, does it fall under "ice-on-valid-code" or 
> "ice-on-invalid-code"?

Interesting question, I'm not sure really.  It might be that with the
plain-old ABI a pointer to a temporary is used, just like with structs.

But the ICE is unrelated, so it is ice-on-valid.

> Can it be expected to be fixed in 3.3.x line, or 3.4/3.5?

This on will probably not go on 3.3, sorry.


Segher