http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51442
--- Comment #2 from Brendan Conoboy <bconoboy at gmail dot com> 2011-12-06 21:12:46 UTC --- Created attachment 26010 --> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=26010 Only use BLKmode for volatile accesses which are not naturally aligned. Per Julian Brown's original email at http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2011-03/msg01477.html: gcc/ * expr.c (expand_expr_real_1): Only use BLKmode for volatile accesses which are not naturally aligned.