http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49798
--- Comment #7 from H.J. Lu <hjl.tools at gmail dot com> 2011-07-21 15:53:56 UTC --- IRA generates (insn 13 3 18 2 (set (reg/v:DI 21 xmm0 [orig:63 v ] [63]) (mem/u/c/i:DI (symbol_ref/u:DI ("*.LC0") [flags 0x2]) [0 S8 A64])) x.i:12 62 {*movdi_internal_rex64} (expr_list:REG_EQUIV (symbol_ref:DI ("xxxx") [flags 0x40] <var_decl 0x7f4068bbc140 xxxx>) (nil))) This requires zero-extending 32bit address to 64bit.