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Description of problem:
The following program allocates an array larger 2 GB :

      program test
      parameter ( n3=257)
      common /abc/ a,b
      real*8 a(1024,1024,n3),b(1024,1024,255)
      b(1,100,3)=1.0d0
      a(1,100,3)=1.0d0
      a(1024,1024,n3)=2.d0
      b(1024,1024,255)=3.0
      print *,a(1,100,3),b(1,100,3)
      print *,a(1024,1024,n3),b(1024,1024,255)
      end

[root@CD-IA64-rhel root]# g77 -O3 /tmp/big-mem.f
[root@CD-IA64-rhel root]# time ./a.out
Segmentation fault

real    0m0.002s
user    0m0.001s
sys     0m0.001s

If you use Intel fortran this error does not occur.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gcc-g77-3.2.3-16

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Copy the source to file
2. compile : g77 bigmem.f
3. execute : ./a.out 
    
    

Actual Results:  [root@CD-IA64-rhel root]# g77 -O3 /tmp/big-mem.f
[root@CD-IA64-rhel root]# time ./a.out
Segmentation fault

real    0m0.002s
user    0m0.001s
sys     0m0.001s

Expected Results:  Result with efc from Intel :

[root@CD-IA64-rhel ~]# efc  -O3 /tmp/big-mem.f
   program TEST

      real*8 a(1024,1024,n3),b(1024,1024,255)
           ^
Warning 2 at (4:/tmp/big-mem.f) : Type size specifiers are an extension to stand
ard Fortran 95

11 Lines Compiled
/opt/intel/compiler70/ia64/lib/libIEPCF90.a(f90fioerr.o)(.text+0x9c0): In functi
on `f_f77ioerr':
: undefined reference to `__ctype_b'
[root@CD-IA64-rhel ~]# efc  -O3 /tmp/big-mem.f -i_dynamic
   program TEST

      real*8 a(1024,1024,n3),b(1024,1024,255)
           ^
Warning 2 at (4:/tmp/big-mem.f) : Type size specifiers are an extension to stand
ard Fortran 95

11 Lines Compiled
[root@CD-IA64-rhel ~]# ./a.out
   1.00000000000000        1.00000000000000
   2.00000000000000        3.00000000000000

Additional info:

This error occurs also with previous versions of 
g77 ( e.g. 2.96 ) or most recent versions from gcc.org ( e.g. 3.4 )

And this error occurs also on x86_64.