http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49444
--- Comment #6 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-12-16 00:33:10 UTC --- This is the patch which I ended up with: Index: tree-ssa-loop-ivopts.c =================================================================== --- tree-ssa-loop-ivopts.c (revision 61449) +++ tree-ssa-loop-ivopts.c (revision 61858) @@ -6066,6 +6066,7 @@ rewrite_use_address (struct ivopts_data tree base_hint = NULL_TREE; tree ref, iv; bool ok; + tree type; adjust_iv_update_pos (cand, use); ok = get_computation_aff (data->current_loop, use, cand, use->stmt, &aff); @@ -6087,7 +6088,13 @@ rewrite_use_address (struct ivopts_data base_hint = var_at_stmt (data->current_loop, cand, use->stmt); iv = var_at_stmt (data->current_loop, cand, use->stmt); - ref = create_mem_ref (&bsi, TREE_TYPE (*use->op_p), &aff, + type = TREE_TYPE (*use->op_p); + if (TREE_CODE (*use->op_p) == COMPONENT_REF) + { + unsigned align = DECL_ALIGN (TREE_OPERAND (*use->op_p, 1)); + type = build_aligned_type (type, align); + } + ref = create_mem_ref (&bsi, type, &aff, reference_alias_ptr_type (*use->op_p), iv, base_hint, data->speed); copy_ref_info (ref, *use->op_p); --- CUT --- I also implemented on mips the misalignedmove patterns too.