I got unaligned access on ia64 for gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/transfer_array_intrinsic_2.f90
For 96 subroutine test3 (ch1, ch2, ch3, clen) 97 integer clen 98 character(8) :: ch1(:) 99 character(*) :: ch2(2) 100 character(clen) :: ch3(2) 101 character(8) :: cntrl(2) = (/"lmnoPQRS","LMNOpqrs"/) 102 integer(8) :: ic(2) 103 ic = transfer (cntrl, ic) Gfortran generates code like (insn 1785 1391 2163 80 /net/gnu-13/export/gnu/src/gcc-4.1/gcc/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/transfer_array_intrinsic_2.f90:103 (set (reg/f:DI 14 r14 [orig:406 D.2542 ] [406]) (plus:DI (high:DI (symbol_ref:DI ("cntrl.1064") [flags 0x2] <var_decl 0x200000000361da20 cntrl>)) (reg:DI 1 r1))) 76 {*load_symptr_high} (nil) (nil)) ... (insn 1786 2163 2164 80 /net/gnu-13/export/gnu/src/gcc-4.1/gcc/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/transfer_array_intrinsic_2.f90:103 (set (reg/f:DI 14 r14 [orig:406 D.2542 ] [406]) (lo_sum:DI (reg/f:DI 14 r14 [orig:406 D.2542 ] [406]) (symbol_ref:DI ("cntrl.1064") [flags 0x2] <var_decl 0x200000000361da20 cntrl>))) 77 {*load_symptr_low} (nil) (nil)) ... (insn 1395 2164 2165 80 /net/gnu-13/export/gnu/src/gcc-4.1/gcc/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/transfer_array_intrinsic_2.f90:103 (set (reg:DI 15 r15 [1139]) (mem/s/j:DI (post_inc:DI (reg/f:DI 14 r14 [orig:406 D.2542 ] [406])) [0 S8 A64])) 5 {*movdi_internal} (insn_list:REG_DEP_TRUE 1392 (nil)) (expr_list:REG_INC (reg/f:DI 14 r14 [orig:406 D.2542 ] [406]) (nil))) So cntrl is read as 64bit integer. -- Summary: Fortran accesses char array as integer Product: gcc Version: 4.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: hjl at lucon dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27633