[ros-kernel] Variable initialization bug in GCC 3.3.1

[Eric Kohl]

Hi!

I just found a bug in GCC 3.3.1.

A global variable that is initialized to zero, for example

  int i = 0;

will is located in the (uninitialized) .bbs segment but should be located in
the (initialized) .data segment. A global varaible the is initialized to a
non-zero value, for example

  int i = 1;

is correctly located in the .data segment. GCC 3.2.2 does not show this bug.
How about GCC 3.4.0?

Please test the attached test.c file by running 'gcc -S test.c -o test.s'
and check test.s. Both variables test0 and test1 should be located in the
.data segment.

This bug might explain some strange effects with FreeLoader! At least that's
where I noticed it.


Regards,
Eric
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