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-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-12-04-17-08-55.bpo-38965.yqax3m.rst3
-rw-r--r--Modules/faulthandler.c16
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-12-04-17-08-55.bpo-38965.yqax3m.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-12-04-17-08-55.bpo-38965.yqax3m.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..517a1371ea
--- /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.
diff --git a/Modules/faulthandler.c b/Modules/faulthandler.c
index 251d8e08a2..230cde4934 100644
--- a/Modules/faulthandler.c
+++ b/Modules/faulthandler.c
@@ -1097,18 +1097,14 @@ faulthandler_fatal_error_py(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
#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)