Message-ID:	<32F1A438.5509@rangenet.com>
Date:	Fri, 31 Jan 1997 01:50:16 -0600
From:	Dan Hedlund <markiv AT rangenet DOT com>
Reply-To:	markiv AT rangenet DOT com
Organization:	Range Net
MIME-Version:	1.0
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Possible bug/misfeature in GCC

The following lines compile wrong with the -O3 option.

unsigned char inportb (int port)
{
  unsigned char c;
  asm ("inb     %%dx, %%al"
      : "=a" (c)
      : "d" (port));
  return c;
}

void main (void)
{
  while (inportb (0));
}

GCC reads a byte from port 0 only once, and then compars that byte to 0
in an endless loop.  Apparently GCC thinks the byte retrieved from the
port doesn't change.

I've also had a few problems with the -O2 option, but they are more
difficult to reproduce.  The problem goes away if I use the -O0 option
or comment the portion of the code that uses inportb.  GCC also seems to
produce incorrect code when accessing the control registers (cr0 and
cr3).

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