http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53923
--- Comment #2 from Georg-Johann Lay <gjl at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-07-11 10:03:49 UTC --- avr.c already contains code to work around problems from DCE, instead of DCE working out proper solutions to cover AVR, see PR50063 Something goes wrong in df-problems.c:dead_debug_insert_temp (insn 328 886 866 37 (set (reg:SF 16 r16) (unspec:SF [ (reg:SF 16 r16) (reg/v:SF 4 r4 [orig:162 b ] [162]) ] UNSPEC_COPYSIGN)) libgcc2-mulsc3.c:1307 322 {copysignsf3} (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg/v:SF 4 r4 [orig:162 b ] [162]) (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg/v:SF 4 r4 [orig:162 b ] [162]) (expr_list:REG_EQUAL (unspec:SF [ (const_double:SF 0 [0] 0.0 [0x0.0p+0]) (reg/v:SF 4 r4 [orig:162 b ] [162]) ] UNSPEC_COPYSIGN) (nil))))) There is this code that sets reg from NULL to garbage (debug_expr:SF D#2) /* Move all uses of uregno from debug->head to uses, setting mode to the widest referenced mode. */ while ((cur = *tailp)) { if (DF_REF_REGNO (cur->use) == uregno) { *usesp = cur; usesp = &cur->next; *tailp = cur->next; cur->next = NULL; if (!reg || (GET_MODE_BITSIZE (GET_MODE (reg)) < GET_MODE_BITSIZE (GET_MODE (*DF_REF_REAL_LOC (cur->use))))) reg = *DF_REF_REAL_LOC (cur->use);