Bug 34952 – gcc 3.2.3-r3 crashes on heavy load

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX

[Description Aquila 2003-12-02 23:28:18 UTC]

I have installed gcc after some troubles (see http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.
cgi?id=34643) but now that doesn't work:
whenever I compile a relatively heavy program (eg mod_php), it fails with a 
segmentation fault and brings down my system too! I have tested my disk, my 
memory and my kernel (chroot from knoppix) but all produced the same error.
I have tried it on a relatively small project of my own, and then it crashes on 
large template instantiations.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge mod_php
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
This produces a segmentation fault, on compilation. Later it brings down my 
whole system (X crashes away, ...)

Expected Results:  
Compile.

root@gentoo linux # emerge info
Portage 2.0.49-r15 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r3, 2.4.
20-gentoo-r8)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r8 i686 AMD Athlon(tm)
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10p1
ccache version 2.3 [enabled]
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER="gcc3"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config 
/usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config 
/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ 
/usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="sandbox autoaddcvs ccache"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.
belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo.linux.no/pub/gentoo/ 
http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.
org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
SYNC="rsync://rsync.be.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 apm avi crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif jpeg gnome libg++ mad mikmod 
mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib directfb 
gdbm berkdb slang readline arts tetex aalib bonobo svga ggi tcltk java guile 
postgres X sdl gpm tcpd pam libwww ssl perl python esd imlib oggvorbis gtk qt 
kde motif opengl gphoto2 cdr 3dnow acpi alsa dga doc dvd ethereal fbcon flash gd 
gtk2 gtkhtml imap jikes junit maildir mbox mysql oss pic plotutils radeon samba 
tiff usb wmp xml"

root@gentoo linux # gcc-config -c
i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.2.3

root@gentoo linux # gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.3/specs
Configured with: /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.2.3-r3/work/gcc-3.2.3/configure 
--prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.2 
--includedir=/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.3/include 
--datadir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2 
--mandir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2/man 
--infodir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2/info --enable-shared 
--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --target=i686-pc-linux-gnu --with-system-zlib 
--enable-languages=c,c++,f77,objc,java --enable-threads=posix --enable-long-long 
--disable-checking --enable-cstdio=stdio --enable-clocale=generic 
--enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs 
--with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.3/include/g++-v3 
--with-local-prefix=/usr/local --enable-shared --enable-nls 
--without-included-gettext
Thread model: posix
gcc versie 3.2.3 20030422 (Gentoo Linux 1.4 3.2.3-r3, propolice)

[Comment 1 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2003-12-02 23:55:42 UTC]

could it be that you have a thermic problem ?

[Comment 2 Aquila 2003-12-03 22:19:11 UTC]

No I don't have a thermal problem, but I have been able to reproduce the same problem during compilation of a different project in a knoppix session. I  know it's hardware now, and that's something you can't fix :-(