From: Victor Stinner <vstinner@python.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:13:25 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: gh-148535: Don't use gcc -fprofile-update=atomic flag on i686 (#148554)
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gh-148535: Don't use gcc -fprofile-update=atomic flag on i686 (#148554)

The -fprofile-update=atomic flag was added to fix a random GCC
internal error on PGO build (gh-145801) caused by corruption of
profile data (.gcda files). The problem is that it makes the PGO
build way slower (up to 47x slower) on i686. Since the GCC internal
error was not seen on i686 so far, don't use -fprofile-update=atomic
on i686.
---

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-04-14-15-20-29.gh-issue-148535.JjKiaa.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-04-14-15-20-29.gh-issue-148535.JjKiaa.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..39f37acb14e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-04-14-15-20-29.gh-issue-148535.JjKiaa.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+No longer use the ``gcc -fprofile-update=atomic`` flag on i686. The flag has
+been added to fix a random GCC internal error on PGO build (:gh:`145801`)
+caused by corruption of profile data (.gcda files). The problem is that it
+makes the PGO build way slower (up to 47x slower) on i686. Since the GCC
+internal error was not seen on i686 so far, don't use
+``-fprofile-update=atomic`` on i686 anymore. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8620eb3fbdd3..562bb6860c79 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -9117,7 +9117,57 @@ case "$ac_cv_cc_name" in
     fi
     ;;
   gcc)
-    { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether C compiler accepts -fprofile-update=atomic" >&5
+    # Check for 32-bit x86 ISA
+    { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for i686" >&5
+printf %s "checking for i686... " >&6; }
+if test ${ac_cv_i686+y}
+then :
+  printf %s "(cached) " >&6
+else case e in #(
+  e)
+        cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+
+                #ifdef __i386__
+                #  error "i386"
+                #endif
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"
+then :
+  ac_cv_i686=no
+else case e in #(
+  e) ac_cv_i686=yes ;;
+esac
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam conftest.$ac_ext
+     ;;
+esac
+fi
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_i686" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$ac_cv_i686" >&6; }
+
+    PGO_PROF_GEN_FLAG="-fprofile-generate"
+
+    # Use -fprofile-update=atomic to fix a random GCC internal error on PGO
+    # build (gh-145801) caused by corruption of profile data (.gcda files).
+    #
+    # gh-148535: On i686, using -fprofile-update=atomic makes the PGO build
+    # way slower (up to 47x slower). So far, the GCC internal error on PGO
+    # build was not seen on i686, so don't use this flag on i686.
+    if test "x$ac_cv_i686" = xno
+then :
+
+        { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether C compiler accepts -fprofile-update=atomic" >&5
 printf %s "checking whether C compiler accepts -fprofile-update=atomic... " >&6; }
 if test ${ax_cv_check_cflags___fprofile_update_atomic+y}
 then :
@@ -9152,10 +9202,13 @@ fi
 printf "%s\n" "$ax_cv_check_cflags___fprofile_update_atomic" >&6; }
 if test "x$ax_cv_check_cflags___fprofile_update_atomic" = xyes
 then :
-  PGO_PROF_GEN_FLAG="-fprofile-generate -fprofile-update=atomic"
+  PGO_PROF_GEN_FLAG="$PGO_PROF_GEN_FLAG -fprofile-update=atomic"
 else case e in #(
-  e) PGO_PROF_GEN_FLAG="-fprofile-generate" ;;
+  e) : ;;
 esac
+fi
+
+
 fi
 
     PGO_PROF_USE_FLAG="-fprofile-use -fprofile-correction"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d73b37327fe5..20e1afc2e9ee 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2105,10 +2105,32 @@ case "$ac_cv_cc_name" in
     fi
     ;;
   gcc)
-    AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG(
-        [-fprofile-update=atomic],
-        [PGO_PROF_GEN_FLAG="-fprofile-generate -fprofile-update=atomic"],
-        [PGO_PROF_GEN_FLAG="-fprofile-generate"])
+    # Check for 32-bit x86 ISA
+    AC_CACHE_CHECK([for i686], [ac_cv_i686], [
+        AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([
+            AC_LANG_PROGRAM([
+                #ifdef __i386__
+                #  error "i386"
+                #endif
+            ], [])
+        ],[ac_cv_i686=no],[ac_cv_i686=yes])
+    ])
+
+    PGO_PROF_GEN_FLAG="-fprofile-generate"
+
+    # Use -fprofile-update=atomic to fix a random GCC internal error on PGO
+    # build (gh-145801) caused by corruption of profile data (.gcda files).
+    #
+    # gh-148535: On i686, using -fprofile-update=atomic makes the PGO build
+    # way slower (up to 47x slower). So far, the GCC internal error on PGO
+    # build was not seen on i686, so don't use this flag on i686.
+    AS_VAR_IF([ac_cv_i686], [no], [
+        AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG(
+            [-fprofile-update=atomic],
+            [PGO_PROF_GEN_FLAG="$PGO_PROF_GEN_FLAG -fprofile-update=atomic"],
+            [])
+    ])
+
     PGO_PROF_USE_FLAG="-fprofile-use -fprofile-correction"
     LLVM_PROF_MERGER="true"
     LLVM_PROF_FILE=""