From 3085a82c235570940eccb1e6526a4191c2cd9e23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Stinner <vstinner@python.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:13:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gh-148535: Don't use gcc -fprofile-update=atomic flag on i686
 (GH-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.
(cherry picked from commit 2faceeec5c0fb06498a9654d429180ac4610c65a)

Co-authored-by: Victor Stinner <vstinner@python.org>
---
 ...-04-14-15-20-29.gh-issue-148535.JjKiaa.rst |  6 ++
 configure                                     | 59 ++++++++++++++++++-
 configure.ac                                  | 30 ++++++++--
 3 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-04-14-15-20-29.gh-issue-148535.JjKiaa.rst

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 00000000000000..39f37acb14e098
--- /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 1cc1d2a2a54dd4..30590a397f8bc0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -9050,7 +9050,57 @@ 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 ${ax_cv_check_cflags___fprofile_update_atomic+y}
 then :
@@ -9085,10 +9135,13 @@ fi
 printf "%s\n" "$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 21cef7a98181b6..87c0ead45a61da 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2072,10 +2072,32 @@ 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=""