http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54848
Bug #: 54848 Summary: -ftrapv doesn't work when assigning to an integer with smaller size Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.7.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: middle-end AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: miku...@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz Host: i686-pc-linux-gnu Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu Build: i686-pc-linux-gnu When adding, subtracting or multiplying two integers and assigning the result to a variable with smaller size, trap on overflow doesn't happen. See for example this program: #include <stdio.h> int main(void) { int a = 0x70000000; int b = 0x50000000; short c = a + b; printf("%x\n", c); return 0; } We compile the program without optimization and with -ftrapv, so that it should crash because of integer overflow. But the program doesn't crash. If we replace "short" with "int", an overflow crash happens correctly.