http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54691
--- Comment #11 from H.J. Lu <hjl.tools at gmail dot com> 2012-10-15 07:18:45 UTC --- search_line_acc_char has /* Align the buffer. Mask out any bytes from before the beginning. */ p = (word_type *)((uintptr_t)s & -sizeof(word_type)); It is OK to pad the buffer end just to 16-byte aligned.