[PATCH] convert braced initializers to strings (PR 71625)

[Jeff Law]

On 08/17/2018 04:26 PM, Bernd Edlinger wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> On 08/16/18 08:36, Bernd Edlinger wrote:
>> Jeff Law wrote:
>>> I wonder if the change to how we set up the initializers is ultimately
>>> changing the section those go into and ultimately causing an overflow of
>>> the .sdata section.
>>
>>
>> Yes, that is definitely the case.
>> Due to the -fmerge-all-constants option used
>> named arrays with brace initializer look like string initializers
>> and can go into the merge section if there are no embedded nul chars.
>> But the string constants can now be huge.
>>
>> See my other patch about string merging:
>> [PATCH] Handle not explicitly zero terminated strings in merge sections
>> https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2018-08/msg00481.html
>>
>>
>> Can this section overflow?
>>
> 
> 
> could someone try out if this (untested) patch fixes the issue?
It seems to in my limited testing.

jeff