http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54754
Bug #: 54754 Summary: [parallel mode] 'make check-parallel' only works on x86-64 Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.8.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: libstdc++ AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: r...@gcc.gnu.org include/parallel/compatibility.h uses an OpenMP critical section on all platforms except x86_64, which issues messages that break the check-parallel testsuite: Running /home/jwakely/src/gcc/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/libstdc++-dg/conformance.exp ... ERROR: tcl error sourcing /home/jwakely/src/gcc/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/libstdc++-dg/conformance.exp. ERROR: could not compile testsuite_abi.cc while executing "error "could not compile $f"" (procedure "v3-build_support" line 61) invoked from within "v3-build_support" (file "/home/jwakely/src/gcc/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/libstdc++-dg/conformance.exp" line 25) invoked from within "source /home/jwakely/src/gcc/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/libstdc++-dg/conformance.exp" ("uplevel" body line 1) invoked from within "uplevel #0 source /home/jwakely/src/gcc/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/libstdc++-dg/conformance.exp" invoked from within "catch "uplevel #0 source $test_file_name"" testsuite/parallel/libstdc++.log shows: In file included from /home/jwakely/build/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include/parallel/find.h:40:0, from /home/jwakely/build/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include/parallel/algobase.h:42, from /home/jwakely/build/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/stl_algobase.h:1222, from /home/jwakely/build/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include/algorithm:62, from /home/jwakely/build/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bits/stdc++.h:65, from <command-line>:0: /home/jwakely/build/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include/parallel/compatibility.h: In function 'int64_t __gnu_parallel::__fetch_and_add_64(volatile int64_t*, int64_t)': /home/jwakely/build/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include/parallel/compatibility.h:167:42: note: #pragma message: slow __fetch_and_add_64 #pragma message("slow __fetch_and_add_64") ^ /home/jwakely/build/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include/parallel/compatibility.h: In function 'bool __gnu_parallel::__compare_and_swap_64(volatile int64_t*, int64_t, int64_t)': /home/jwakely/build/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include/parallel/compatibility.h:320:45: note: #pragma message: slow __compare_and_swap_64 #pragma message("slow __compare_and_swap_64") ^ The parallel/compatibility.h header checks for #if defined(__x86_64) [use atomics] #elif defined(__i386) && \ (defined(__i686) || defined(__pentium4) || defined(__athlon) \ || defined(__k8) || defined(__core2)) [use atomics] #else [use omp critical] #endif But __i686 isn't defined on i686, for example, and this doesn't handle platforms such as power64 which support the necessary 64-bit ops. Instead of a (broken) whitelist of targets the code could use __atomic_always_lock_free to check for the availability of atomic ops on the target. Another possibility would be to add a new configure option: --enable-libstdcxx-parallel-atomics=[omp|libatomic] The default would be to use the omp criticial section as it is now, the libatomic option would force use of atomics, which would require libatomic for platforms where the built-ins call a library function.