llvm dev - Nov 2012 - [LLVMdev] Bug Report -- Possible optimizer bug with thread_local variables

> From: llvmdev-bounces at cs.uiuc.edu [mailto:llvmdev-bounces at
cs.uiuc.edu]
> On Behalf Of Tom Bergan
> Subject: [LLVMdev] Bug Report -- Possible optimizer bug with thread_local
variables
> my current workaround is to declare Ptr volatile:
>    int * volatile Ptr;
> Note that if the volatile is moved under the pointer, as in the following:
>    volatile int * Ptr;
> then the bug reappears, as the load "*Ptr" in main() will be
incorrectly optimized to:
>    %5 = load volatile i32* @Foo, align 4
Discounting the TLS problem, the above observed behavior is correct.  Setting
volatile between the * and Ptr informs the compiler that Ptr may vary; setting
volatile before int indicates what Ptr points to may vary.

 - Chuck


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