[STDCXX-199] [XLC++ 8.0/Linux/PPC] SIGSEGV throwing an exception

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 4.1.3
• Component/s: External

Environment

XLC++ 8.0, gcc 3.3.3, SuSE Linux on PowerPC:

$ uname -srvp && /lib64/tls/libc.so.6
Linux 2.6.5-7.191-pseries64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 28 14:58:56 UTC
2005 ppc64
GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.3 (20040412), by
Roland McGrath et al.
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Configured for ppc64-suse-linux.
Compiled by GNU CC version 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux).
Compiled on a Linux 2.6.5 system on 2005-06-03.
Available extensions:
GNU libio by Per Bothner
crypt add-on version 2.1 by Michael Glad and others
NPTL 0.61 by Ulrich Drepper
GNU Libidn by Simon Josefsson
BIND-8.2.3-T5B
NIS(YP)/NIS+ NSS modules 0.19 by Thorsten Kukuk
Thread-local storage support included.
Report bugs using the `glibcbug' script to <[e-mail]>.

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Martin Sebor
• Created: 07/Jun/06 02:28
• Updated: 17/Jul/06 18:28

Description

PMR 02264,K78,000

When compiled and linked with XLC++ 8.0 using the specified command line options the program below exits abnormally. The same program runs successfully to
completion when compiled and linked with gcc on the same machine (using gcc -g -m64 t.cpp -lsupc++).

$ cat t.cpp && xlc -qversion && xlc t.cpp -q64 -g -lxlopt -lxl -libmc++ -lsupc++ -lgcc -lgcc_eh && ./a.out
struct A { };

void foo ();
void bar () throw (A)

{ return foo (); }

int foobar ()
{
try

{ bar (); return 1; }

catch (A)

{ return 0; }

catch (...) { }
return 2;
}

int main ()
{
return foobar ();
}

void foo ()
{
struct B: A { };

B b;

throw b;
}
IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Edition V8.0 for Linux
Version: 08.00.0000.0000
Segmentation fault

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: STDCXX-198 [Linux/PPC/64-bit] SIGSEGV catching a rethrown an exception