[Bug c/17870] New: Compiling linux-2.6.8.1: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault

[pander at users dot sourceforge dot net]

Building linux kernel 2.6.8.1 on PowerBook G4 12 inch with Debian testing fails.

# make-kpkg --append_to_version=-pbg4 kernel_image
...
  LD      fs/vfat/built-in.o
  CC      fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_stats.o
  CC      fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.o
  CC      fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.o
  CC      fs/xfs/xfs_alloc_btree.o
fs/xfs/xfs_alloc_btree.c: In function `xfs_alloc_insrec':
fs/xfs/xfs_alloc_btree.c:831: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
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make[3]: *** [fs/xfs/xfs_alloc_btree.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [fs/xfs] Error 2
make[1]: *** [fs] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1'
make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2

# gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-linux/3.3.4/specs
Configured with: ../src/configure -v
--enable-languages=c,c++,java,f77,pascal,objc,ada --prefix=/usr
--mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info
--with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/3.3 --enable-shared --with-system-zlib
--enable-nls --without-included-gettext --enable-__cxa_atexit
--enable-clocale=gnu --enable-debug --enable-java-gc=boehm
--enable-java-awt=xlib --enable-objc-gc --disable-multilib powerpc-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.3.4 (Debian 1:3.3.4-13)

# apt-show-versions |grep gcc
gcc-3.3/testing uptodate 1:3.3.4-13
gcc-3.3-base/testing uptodate 1:3.3.4-13
libgcc1/testing uptodate 1:3.4.1-4sarge1
colorgcc/testing uptodate 1.3.2.0-2
gcc/testing uptodate 4:3.3.4-2

# dpkg -l|grep gcc
ii  colorgcc       1.3.2.0-2      Colorizer for GCC warning/error messages
ii  gcc            3.3.4-2        The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-3.3        3.3.4-13       The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-3.3-base   3.3.4-13       The GNU Compiler Collection (base package)
ii  libgcc1        3.4.1-4sarge1  GCC support library

Compiling 2.4.* and 2.6.* up to 2.6.7 always went without these errors with
almost identical .config file.

-- 
           Summary: Compiling linux-2.6.8.1: internal compiler error:
                    Segmentation fault
           Product: gcc
           Version: 3.3.4
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: critical
          Priority: P2
         Component: c
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: pander at users dot sourceforge dot net
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
  GCC host triplet: 3.3.4


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17870