Unable to compile in release mode in MSVC

[danielmda]

Description

Following the instructions for building with Visual Studio, MSVC produces an exception when compiling in Release mode.

Environment

1. OS: Windows 11
2. Compiler: MSVC (19.44.35217)
3. SAF performance library being used: SAF_USE_INTEL_MKL_LP64
4. Any optional SAF flags enabled: None
5. Other environment details: Visual Studio 2022 17.14.16 + bundled CMake

Reproducible Steps

Steps to create the smallest reproducible scenario:

1. cmake -S . -B build -G "Visual Studio 17" -A x64 -DSAF_PERFORMANCE_LIB=SAF_USE_INTEL_MKL_LP64
2. cd build, msbuild ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /p:Configuration=Release /m
3. Build fails: CL produces an exception when compiling saf_utility_filters.c

Expected Output

It should build successfully.

Actual Output

CL!RaiseException()+0x8a
CL!RaiseException()+0x8a
CL!CloseTypeServerPDB()+0x1093a7
CL!CloseTypeServerPDB()+0x1d71ed

cl : command line  error D8040: error creating or communicating with child process [saf.vcxproj]

Additional Information

• It compiles successfully in Debug mode.
• Disabling compiler optimisations on saf_utility_filters.c (/O2 to /Od) also fixes the problem.
• This could be a compiler bug. I tried rolling back Visual Studio by one version with the same result.

[ssaue]

I have experienced the same and made a PR to fix this issue: #73

This is an issue with the compiler, not SAF, but there is no reason to believe there will be a quick fix from the Visual Studio team. Hence we better make a fix ourselves.

[danielmda]

@ssaue Thank you! Nice work. I missed your earlier PR.