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From: raeburn@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ken Raeburn)
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc.bug
Subject: volatile function parameters
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Date: 15 Feb 89 10:14:48 GMT
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GCC moves outside the loop the references to the variable "xyzzy" in
the following file:

    extern save_address_of_flag (volatile int *);

    void foo ( volatile int xyzzy) {
	save_address_of_flag (&xyzzy);
	while (xyzzy & 1)
	    ;
    }

If "xyzzy" is made an automatic variable, the problem goes away.

-- Ken