Bug #9818
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__builtin_setjmp and __builtin_longjmp caused a build failure on PPC Linux with gcc 4.4.0
Description
From a certain revision around r45503 to r45515, Ruby began to use __builtin_setjmp and __builtin_longjmp on PPC Linux, instead of _setjmp and _longjmp. However, __builtin_setjmp and __builtin_longjmp cause a build failure because they are not compatible with the -fPIE option, at least with gcc 4.4.0 on PPC Linux.
compiling eval.c
eval.c: In function ?setup_exception?:
eval.c:515: warning: ?_th? may be used uninitialized in this function
eval.c:467: warning: ?file? may be used uninitialized in this function
eval.c: In function ?ruby_setup?:
eval.c:55: warning: ?_th? may be used uninitialized in this function
eval.c: In function ?ruby_options?:
eval.c:97: warning: ?_th? may be used uninitialized in this function
In file included from eval.c:31:
eval_jump.c: In function ?rb_exec_end_proc?:
eval_jump.c:119: warning: ?_th? may be used uninitialized in this function
eval_jump.c:116: warning: ?th? may be used uninitialized in this function
eval.c: In function ?ruby_cleanup?:
eval.c:174: warning: ?_th? may be used uninitialized in this function
eval.c:184: warning: ?_th? may be used uninitialized in this function
eval.c:164: warning: ?_th? may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s:16477: Error: symbol `.LCF26' is already defined
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s:16935: Error: symbol `.LCF28' is already defined
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s:16967: Error: symbol `.LCF28' is already defined
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s:17260: Error: symbol `.LCF29' is already defined
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s:17860: Error: symbol `.LCF32' is already defined
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s:19246: Error: symbol `.LCF38' is already defined
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s:19256: Error: symbol `.LCF38' is already defined
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s:19599: Error: symbol `.LCF41' is already defined
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s:24083: Error: symbol `.LCF65' is already defined
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s:25419: Error: symbol `.LCF68' is already defined
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s:25429: Error: symbol `.LCF68' is already defined
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s:25798: Error: symbol `.LCF69' is already defined
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s:26042: Error: symbol `.LCF70' is already defined
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s:26301: Error: symbol `.LCF72' is already defined
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s:26313: Error: symbol `.LCF72' is already defined
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s:26668: Error: symbol `.LCF72' is already defined
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s:26701: Error: symbol `.LCF72' is already defined
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s:26712: Error: symbol `.LCF72' is already defined
/tmp/cc9lE3AW.s:26723: Error: symbol `.LCF72' is already defined
By specifying the --disable-pie option to configure, I succeed in bulding Ruby.
Interestingly, the build succeeds on the Ruby CI environment for PPC Linux, which is using gcc 4.7.2, so this might be a bug in gcc 4.4.0. In any case, I suppose __builtin_setjmp and __builtin_longjmp are undocumented functions of gcc (aren't they?), so we should be careful to use them. I hope this problem is avoided on the Ruby side even if this is a bug in gcc 4.4.0 on PPC Linux.
How about specifying -fPIE (unless --disable-pie is specified) when checking __builtin_setjmp and __builtin_longjmp in the configure script?
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