Closed Defects in Release

ID Summary State Reported In Release Target Release Workaround Release Notes
CODEGEN-2179 I16TOF32 or UI16TOF32 lost or cannot be generated Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.3.LTS The compiler incorrectly modeled I16TOF32 and UI16TOF32. This had two detrimental effects: 1. If the compiler created one of these instructions with a memory operand and gave it post-increment addressing, it could be dropped as dead code, leading to incorrect results. 2. Some loops that should have used one of these instructions would instead sign extend the 16-bit integer and used I32TOF32 or UI32TOF32 instead.
CODEGEN-2176 RPTB block containing RPT is too small Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.3.LTS This bug can occur when there is a small loop containing a smaller loop, where the smaller loop behaves like memset(foo, 0, n). Only the fill value zero will trigger this bug. The generated RPTB may be one byte too small to be legal, and the assembler will reject the RPTB.
CODEGEN-2171 C2000 compiler disables if conversion on mac Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.3.LTS
CODEGEN-2166 INTERNAL ERROR: lnk2000 failed to allocate memory Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.3.LTS Compile with --disable:cla_scratchpad_overlay, or do not allow CLA functions to call any function in any section that may contain its own ancestor. CLA modules should have each function in its own text section, and CLA functions should absolutely not be recursive or mutually recursive in any way. For this test case, hand-coded CLA functions had two functions (A and C) in the same text section. A has a call to B, which is in a different text section. B has a call to C. This forms a cycle in the call graph, because the linker can only see sections and doesn't realize A and C are different functions. Due to a bug in the CLA scratchpad overlay optimization, this cycle would cause the linker to go into an infinite loop.
CODEGEN-2119 Stack usage assistant call graph misses callee relationship for some direct calls Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.3.LTS Fixed a bug in the algorithm for detecting function callees in the Object File Display (OFD) utility. OFD missed callee relationships for some functions when generating call graph information. The bug is likely to be exposed when a function contains nested blocks.
CODEGEN-2098 Temp filename collisions on Windows with many parallel invocations Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.3.LTS In some cases with a large number of compilations in parallel on Windows, the compiler could create temporary files with colliding names, resulting in strange compilation failures.
CODEGEN-2060 Even though option --buffer_diagnostics is not used, compiler issues diagnostic that says it is deprecated Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.3.LTS None The --buffer_diagnostics compiler option was deprecated as of MCU compilers v16.6.0.STS because this setting became the default behavior for the compiler. However, the option was passed to the linker and the linker issued a remark stating the option was deprecated.
CODEGEN-2053 Compiler incorrectly reorders struct assign for small, volatile structs with bit-fields Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.2.LTS Use optimization level 0 or off (option --opt_level) For a very specific optimization, the optimizer may drop a volatile qualifier from a struct assignment. In some cases, the compiler may later perform an incorrect optimization, most commonly incorrectly reordering volatile assignments. This bug can only happen in a function compiled with optimization level 1 or higher which contains both of the following: 1) A struct assign where the destination is volatile, and the source is a known constant, and the struct contains a bit-field, and the struct is of size "int" or smaller. 2) Any bit-field access (read or write) other than as part of a struct assign or initialization expression. That is, the name of the bit-field is present in the access expression. Note that the optimizer can create this situation by inlining functions, so 1 and 2 might be in different functions in the source code. Consider a tree x = y where x and y are of type struct S. If the value of y is known at compile time (e.g. a const value), the optimizer will try to turn the struct constant into an integer constant (possibly combining bit-fields) and rewrite the tree to look like this: "(unsigned *)x = 32;" However, if y is volatile, that should be "*(volatile unsigned *)x = 32;" Because the access is not volatile, instruction scheduling could cause this instruction to drift past nearby volatile accesses.
CODEGEN-2050 Use of -o4 causes linker XML map file to have missing input_file entries Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.2.LTS
CODEGEN-2025 Linker crash message incorrectly suggests submitting a preprocessed file Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.3.LTS
CODEGEN-1976 Value of __cplusplus is wrong Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.2.LTS If possible, use the -ps or --strict_ansi options. This mode will use the strict definition of __cplusplus, which is 199711L. Our parser mimicked G++ behavior for the value of this macro in relaxed ANSI mode. This reproduced a bug in G++ versions v.4.7 and v.4.3 that has since been fixed.
CODEGEN-1932 Update compiler roadmaps on routine basis Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.1.LTS
CODEGEN-1927 Float variables allocated to FPU register such as R4H are displayed as "unknown register R4HL" in Variables view Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.2.LTS Lowering the level of optimization in the project such that the variable is not allocated to a register will allow its value to be displayed correctly in the Variables view. Fixed an issue where FPU32 registers were sometimes incorrectly named and not available during debug.
CODEGEN-1710 Illegal instruction selection for __byte_peripheral_32 on FPU32 Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.2.LTS Try a lower level of optimization. For our test case, optimization levels lower than 3 did not expose the bug. However, this workaround may not help for all test cases. Although byte peripheral types are integral, when FPU32 device support is enabled, the compiler might store 32-bit integral values in floating point registers when CPU registers are unavailable. The compiler erroneously generates a MOVL instruction instead of a MOV32 instruction for moving 32-bit byte peripheral data between floating point registers and byte peripheral memory, if this data gets assigned to a floating point register.
CODEGEN-1709 Using #pragma INTERRUPT(HPI) crashes the compiler Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.2.LTS Besides not using #pragma INTERRUPT(HPI), there is no workaround. The compiler requires an update. Fixed a crash that occurs when using #pragma INTERRUPT(HPI)
CODEGEN-1703 Designated initializer plus struct hack hangs compiler Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.1.LTS Avoiding using string constants to initialize objects with flexible array members. Instead, use a brace-initialized array. For example: struct { int a; char b[]; } mystruct = {0, {'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'} }; Fixed a compiler hang caused by initializing flexible array members with string constants. struct {int a; char b[]; } mystruct = {0, "hello"} /* Would cause the compiler to hang and/or crash */
CODEGEN-1687 Assembler issues confusing diagnostic: Size is > 64 words, allocation will span page boundary Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.1.LTS Compile source files without the --issue_remarks option. Blocking related diagnostics are longer be issued by the assembler when compiling C/C++ source files. However, these diagnostics will continue to be issued when compiling hand-coded assembly files. The diagnostics may be disabled by excluding --issue_remarks in the compiler options.
CODEGEN-1671 Arrays of Byte Peripherals or types aligned larger than their size should generate error Fixed C2000_16.9.1.LTS Do not attempt to create an array of byte peripheral objects. The C language guarantees that the size of an array is equal to the size of each element times the number of elements. Because we double the alignment of byte peripheral data types but do not change the size, this does not hold true. There would be padding in the array, which is not allowed by the standard. Underneath the hood, we use the aligned GCC attribute to change the alignment for byte peripherals. On GCC, if you try to make an array of elements whose alignment is larger than its size (see example code below), you get the following error: "9:1: error: alignment of array elements is greater than element size" However, our parser doesn’t generate an error. Instead, it just reduces the alignment of the element size silently and makes an array. We need to generate an error and document that this is not allowed, both for byte peripherals and the aligned GCC attribute.
CODEGEN-1667 Assignment to 32-bit byte peripheral from 64-bit cast to 32-bit value causes internal error Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS Saving the cast value to a 32-bit temp and then assigning to the 32-bit byte peripheral will work at optimization settings of 0 and off. If a 64-bit value is cast to a 32-bit value and then assigned to a 32-bit byte peripheral type, an internal error occurs.
CODEGEN-1662 Optimizer incorrectly detects __fmin and __fmax idioms Fixed C2000_16.9.1.LTS If you want floating-point absolute value, use fabs. However, there are other ways this bug could be triggered that have no practical workaround other than to use -Ooff
CODEGEN-1640 MISRA 19.1 misreported: #include statements should only be preceded by other preprocessor directives Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.1.LTS No practical workaround
CODEGEN-1634 MISRA 7.1 misreported: octal tokens in token paste Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.1.LTS No practical workaround
CODEGEN-1632 MISRA 15.2 misreported: switch clause unconditional break Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.1.LTS Put an explicit break at the end of the compound statement
CODEGEN-1517 #pragma FUNCTION_OPTIONS meaningless unless at least -o0 is used Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS
CODEGEN-1510 Assembler incorrectly issues warning on large constant used with MOVI32 instruction Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.0.LTS
CODEGEN-1420 Compiler mistakenly overwrites upper 32-bits to 0 by using MOVZ instruction to compute var32 |= 0x20 Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.1.LTS Fixed an issue where the compiler would issue a MOVZ instruction that zeroes the upper bits of an XAR register when those upper bits are needed for a future instruction.
CODEGEN-1333 Structure assignment causes compiler to fail with INTERNAL ERROR: Decomposition error Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS Replace struct assignments involving packed structures with a memcpy() call to copy the contents of the RHS of the struct assign to the LHS.
CODEGEN-1329 Lower diagnostic about redefined opcode to a warning, when a compiler intrinsic is redefined Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.3.LTS Remove the #define or do not include the header file in assembly files. When a header file attempting to redefine an opcode name is included in assembly files, the assembler issues an error because it is not legal to redefine an opcode name. While this behavior is correct, it causes programs to fail to compile when some C2000 header files are included in assembly files due to the "#define eallow ..." in the header files.
SDSCM00040386 Remove -olength option from hex utility's help summary and Users Guides Fixed C2000_16.9.0.LTS C2000_16.9.0.LTS

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