http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57667
--- Comment #3 from Evgeny Gavrin <evgeny.gavrin at hotmail dot com> --- Command to run: egavrin@debian:~/dev/vd-issues/ld-memory-consumption/gcc-tests$ gcc-4.7 test.c -O0 -g2 -gdwarf-2 -femit-struct-debug-detailed=ind:ord:base egavrin@debian:~/dev/vd-issues/ld-memory-consumption/gcc-tests$ gdb ./a.out ********* (gdb) b 18 Breakpoint 1 at 0x400593: file test.c, line 18. (gdb) run Starting program: /home/egavrin/dev/vd-issues/ld-memory-consumption/gcc-tests/a.out Breakpoint 1, main () at test.c:18 18 free(indir_ord); (gdb) p dir_ord $1 = {a = 5, b = 97 'a'} (gdb) p indir_ord $2 = (struct IND_ORD *) 0x601010 (gdb) p *indir_ord $3 = {a = 10, b = 98 'b'} (gdb) egavrin@debian:~/dev/vd-issues/ld-memory-consumption/gcc-tests$ gcc-4.7 test.c -O0 -g2 -gdwarf-2 -femit-struct-debug-detailed=ord:base egavrin@debian:~/dev/vd-issues/ld-memory-consumption/gcc-tests$ gdb ./a.out GNU gdb (GDB) 7.4.1-debian This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu". Reading symbols from /home/egavrin/dev/vd-issues/ld-memory-consumption/gcc-tests/a.out...done. (gdb) b 18 Breakpoint 1 at 0x400593: file test.c, line 18. (gdb) run Starting program: /home/egavrin/dev/vd-issues/ld-memory-consumption/gcc-tests/a.out Breakpoint 1, main () at test.c:18 18 free(indir_ord); (gdb) p dir_ord $1 = <incomplete type> (gdb) p indir_ord $2 = (struct IND_ORD *) 0x601010 (gdb) p *indir_ord $3 = <incomplete type>