Re: patch to have configure check if CC is intel C compiler - Mailing list pgsql-patches

On Sat, 22 Apr 2006, Tom Lane wrote:

> Given that we've already got a test for ICC in there as of today, I'd
> vote for adding -mp1 to CFLAGS if we see it's ICC.

This patch seems to do the trick...

Index: configure.in
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RCS file: /home/jeremyd/local/postgres/cvsuproot/pgsql/configure.in,v
retrieving revision 1.460
diff -c -r1.460 configure.in
*** configure.in        22 Apr 2006 00:29:41 -0000      1.460
--- configure.in        25 Apr 2006 06:03:12 -0000
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*** 263,268 ****
--- 263,273 ----
      # Check whether they are supported, and add them to CFLAGS if so.
      PGAC_PROG_CC_CFLAGS_OPT([-Wdeclaration-after-statement])
      PGAC_PROG_CC_CFLAGS_OPT([-Wendif-labels])
+   else
+     # Intel compiler has a bug/misoptimization in checking for
+     # division by NAN (NaN == 0), -mp1 fixes it, so add it to the
+     # CFLAGS.
+     PGAC_PROG_CC_CFLAGS_OPT([-mp1])
    fi

    # Disable strict-aliasing rules; needed for gcc 3.3+




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