2.2 + LFS + -malign_double = BUG

From: Scott M. Ransom (ransom@cfa.harvard.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 16 2000 - 16:01:33 EST

Hello,

I am using kernel 2.2.17pre2 with the LFS patch from
http://www.scyld.com/software/lfs.html, gcc 2.95.2, and libc6 2.1.3 on a
SMP PentiumII.

The following code causes 'stat' to return incorrect values when
compiled with -malign-double:

--------
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
  struct stat mystat;

  printf("\nreturn = %d\n", stat(argv[1], &mystat));
  printf(" size = %lld\n\n", mystat.st_size);
  exit(0);
}
--------

The file that I am testing on is of size 2800102912 bytes (although the
file size doesn't seem to matter -- incorrect values are returned for
small and/or large files)

Simply adding the -malign-double flag changes the results:

presto:~$ gcc -g -O -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -o teststat teststat.c
presto:~$ ./teststat /raid/data/Ter5_Raw/Ter5_3.raw

return = 0
  size = 2800102912

presto:~$ gcc -g -O -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -malign-double -o teststat
teststat.c
presto:~$ ./teststat /raid/data/Ter5_Raw/Ter5_3.raw

return = 0
  size = 17592186044416

Any idea if this is a gcc bug or a LFS/kernel bug?

Thanks,

Scott

PS: I am using the stock glibc 2.1.3. 

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