Bug#209152: gcc-3.3: Large array problem on 64 bit platforms

[Ian Wienand <ianw@gelato.unsw.edu.au>]

Package: gcc-3.3
Version: 1:3.3.2-0pre1
Severity: normal

Try this simple test program on IA64

--- test.c ---
#define SZ (1L<<32)
                                                                                                                                               
char x[SZ];
char y[SZ-1];
--- end ---

you will see that gcc wraps the array size around 

--- test.s ---
        .file   "test.c"
        .pred.safe_across_calls p1-p5,p16-p63
---->   .common x#,0,8
        .common y#,4294967295,8
        .ident  "GCC: (GNU) 3.3.2 20030812 (Debian prerelease)"
--- end ---

This appears to be fixed in gcc CVS thanks to the checkin 
you can see from this :

http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/gcc/gcc/varasm.c?rev=1.318.2.7&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup

I am in the dark as to how the branching system works with gcc 
and what Debian is using; this bug report is requesting the changes 
to properly output HOST_WIDE_INT from that CVS log be integrated, but 
if someone could explain how it works that would be great too.

-i
ianw@gelato.unsw.edu.au
http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: ia64
Kernel: Linux tartufi 2.6.0-test4 #2 SMP Wed Aug 27 13:09:22 EST 2003 ia64
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages gcc-3.3 depends on:
ii  binutils                 2.14.90.0.5-0.2 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii  cpp-3.3                  1:3.3.2-0pre1   The GNU C preprocessor
ii  gcc-3.3-base             1:3.3.2-0pre1   The GNU Compiler Collection (base 
ii  libc6.1                  2.3.2-3         GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                  1:3.3.2-0pre1   GCC support library

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