File faulthandler_stack_overflow_on_GCC10.patch of Package python3.18078

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File faulthandler_stack_overflow_on_GCC10.patch of Package python3.18078

From 5044c889dfced2f43e2cccb673d889a4882f6b3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Miss Islington (bot)"
 <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 12:29:22 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] bpo-38965: Fix faulthandler._stack_overflow() on GCC 10
 (GH-17467)

Use the "volatile" keyword to prevent tail call optimization
on any compiler, rather than relying on compiler specific pragma.
(cherry picked from commit 8b787964e0a647caa0558b7c29ae501470d727d9)

Co-authored-by: Victor Stinner <vstinner@python.org>
---
 .../2019-12-04-17-08-55.bpo-38965.yqax3m.rst     |  3 +++
 Modules/faulthandler.c                           | 16 ++++++----------
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-12-04-17-08-55.bpo-38965.yqax3m.rst

--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-12-04-17-08-55.bpo-38965.yqax3m.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix test_faulthandler on GCC 10. Use the "volatile" keyword in
+``faulthandler._stack_overflow()`` to prevent tail call optimization on any
+compiler, rather than relying on compiler specific pragma.
--- a/Modules/faulthandler.c
+++ b/Modules/faulthandler.c
@@ -1091,18 +1091,14 @@ faulthandler_fatal_error_py(PyObject *se
 #if defined(HAVE_SIGALTSTACK) && defined(HAVE_SIGACTION)
 #define FAULTHANDLER_STACK_OVERFLOW
 
-#ifdef __INTEL_COMPILER
-   /* Issue #23654: Turn off ICC's tail call optimization for the
-    * stack_overflow generator. ICC turns the recursive tail call into
-    * a loop. */
-#  pragma intel optimization_level 0
-#endif
-static
-uintptr_t
+static uintptr_t
 stack_overflow(uintptr_t min_sp, uintptr_t max_sp, size_t *depth)
 {
-    /* allocate 4096 bytes on the stack at each call */
-    unsigned char buffer[4096];
+    /* Allocate (at least) 4096 bytes on the stack at each call.
+
+       bpo-23654, bpo-38965: use volatile keyword to prevent tail call
+       optimization. */
+    volatile unsigned char buffer[4096];
     uintptr_t sp = (uintptr_t)&buffer;
     *depth += 1;
     if (sp < min_sp || max_sp < sp)

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