hipe: Disable compilation on encountering try/catch

code_SUITE:upgrade would consistently fail in the HiPE case
because two clauses were mixed up. Disabling it altogether may
seem a bit harsh but we don't have the resources to fix it at the
moment.

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/lib/hipe/doc/src/hipe_app.xml b/lib/hipe/doc/src/hipe_app.xml
index 61d92fdffe..5ac445ac58 100644
--- a/lib/hipe/doc/src/hipe_app.xml
+++ b/lib/hipe/doc/src/hipe_app.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@
       <item><p>The HiPE compiler will crash on modules containing binary
       matching.</p>
       </item>
+      <tag>try/catch</tag>
+      <item><p>The HiPE compiler will crash on modules containing 'try' or
+      'catch'.</p>
+      </item>
 
       <tag>Stack traces</tag>
       <item><p>Stack traces returned from <seealso marker="erts:erlang#get_stacktrace/0">
diff --git a/lib/hipe/icode/hipe_beam_to_icode.erl b/lib/hipe/icode/hipe_beam_to_icode.erl
index 8e7e56b6c4..995c961e09 100644
--- a/lib/hipe/icode/hipe_beam_to_icode.erl
+++ b/lib/hipe/icode/hipe_beam_to_icode.erl
@@ -557,32 +557,21 @@ trans_fun([{move,Src,Dst}|Instructions], Env) ->
   Dst1 = mk_var(Dst),
   Src1 = trans_arg(Src),
   [hipe_icode:mk_move(Dst1,Src1) | trans_fun(Instructions,Env)];
-%%--- catch --- ITS PROCESSING IS POSTPONED
-trans_fun([{'catch',N,{_,EndLabel}}|Instructions], Env) ->
-  NewContLbl = mk_label(new),
-  [{'catch',N,EndLabel},NewContLbl | trans_fun(Instructions,Env)];
-%%--- catch_end --- ITS PROCESSING IS POSTPONED
-trans_fun([{catch_end,_N}=I|Instructions], Env) ->
-  [I | trans_fun(Instructions,Env)];
-%%--- try --- ITS PROCESSING IS POSTPONED
-trans_fun([{'try',N,{_,EndLabel}}|Instructions], Env) ->
-  NewContLbl = mk_label(new),
-  [{'try',N,EndLabel},NewContLbl | trans_fun(Instructions,Env)];
-%%--- try_end ---
-trans_fun([{try_end,_N}|Instructions], Env) ->
-  [hipe_icode:mk_end_try() | trans_fun(Instructions,Env)];
-%%--- try_case --- ITS PROCESSING IS POSTPONED
-trans_fun([{try_case,_N}=I|Instructions], Env) ->
-  [I | trans_fun(Instructions,Env)];
-%%--- try_case_end ---
-trans_fun([{try_case_end,Arg}|Instructions], Env) ->
-  BadArg = trans_arg(Arg),
-  ErrVar = mk_var(new),
-  Vs = [mk_var(new)],
-  Atom = hipe_icode:mk_move(ErrVar,hipe_icode:mk_const(try_clause)),
-  Tuple = hipe_icode:mk_primop(Vs,mktuple,[ErrVar,BadArg]),
-  Fail = hipe_icode:mk_fail(Vs,error),
-  [Atom,Tuple,Fail | trans_fun(Instructions,Env)];
+%%
+%% try/catch -- THESE ARE KNOWN TO MISCOMPILE, SEE OTP-15949
+%%
+trans_fun([{'catch'=Name,_,_}|_], _Env) ->
+  nyi(Name);
+trans_fun([{catch_end=Name,_}|_], _Env) ->
+  nyi(Name);
+trans_fun([{'try'=Name,_,_}|_], _Env) ->
+  nyi(Name);
+trans_fun([{try_end=Name,_}|_], _Env) ->
+  nyi(Name);
+trans_fun([{try_case=Name,_}|_], _Env) ->
+  nyi(Name);
+trans_fun([{try_case_end=Name,_}|_], _Env) ->
+  nyi(Name);
 %%--- raise ---
 trans_fun([{raise,{f,0},[Reg1,Reg2],{x,0}}|Instructions], Env) ->
   V1 = trans_arg(Reg1),