segfault on i686-unknown-linux-gnu returning a struct from C

[brson]

struct rust_dbg_struct {
    a: uint,
    b: uint
}

extern {
    fn rust_dbg_return_struct() -> rust_dbg_struct;
}

fn main() {
    unsafe {
        let s = rust_dbg_return_struct();
        fail_unless!(s.a == 10);
        fail_unless!(s.b == 20);
    }
}

The C code:

struct rust_dbg_struct {
    uintptr_t a;
    uintptr_t b;
};

extern "C" rust_dbg_struct
rust_dbg_return_struct() {
    struct rust_dbg_struct s;
    s.a = 10;
    s.b = 20;
    return s;
}

Related to #2064

[brson]

Blocks #4419

[nikomatsakis]

Also see src/test/run-pass/extern-pass-TwoU64s{,-ref}.rs which are currently xfail-test'd in relation to this issue

[nikomatsakis]

The symptom is different but I suspect the underlying fault is the same.

[graydon]

assigning bug; change assignment if you disagree

[brson]

This is fixed, but #5745 is a followup.