http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57719
--- Comment #2 from Zhendong Su <su at cs dot ucdavis.edu> --- Hi Jakub, below are three additional (possibly related) testcases that may help you folks diagnose the issue; they (including the original testcase) all manifest differently: --------------------- test #2: wrong code from both gcc trunk and 4.8 at -O3 in 32-bit mode only: int printf (const char *, ...); int c, e[2], f, g, *l; long long h; int foo () { int s[1]; int i = 0; for (; i < 1; i++) s[0] = 0; h = 0; for (; h; h = 1) { int *dp[1] = {&s[0]}; *dp[0] = 0; } g = 0; return 0; } void bar () { for (; c < 2; c++) { int *ip = &f; *ip = 0; *ip = 0 < foo (); l = &e[c]; *ip = 1; *l = 0; } } int main () { bar (); printf ("%d\n", f); return 0; } --------------------- test #3: wrong code from gcc trunk (but not gcc 4.8) at -O3 in 32-bit mode only: int printf (const char *, ...); int f1; int a, b, c; volatile int d; int e[2], f, g; long long h; int j, k, *l; short fn1 (unsigned short ui1) { return ui1 - a; } int fn4 (int p) { int s[1]; int *tp = &f; int *cp = &g; int i = 0; for (; i < 1; i++) s[0] = 0; h = 0; for (; h; h = 1) { int *dp[1] = {&s[0]}; *dp[0] = 0; } *cp = p % (1 ^ *tp); return 0; } void fn5 () { unsigned short t = 0; for (; c < 2; c++) { int *ip = &f1; b = 0; j = 0; d ^ (*ip = 0); t = fn1 (k); *ip = e[0] < fn4 (t); l = &e[c]; *ip = 1; *l = 0; } } int main () { fn5 (); printf ("%d\n", f1); return 0; } --------------------- test #4: wrong code from gcc trunk (but not gcc 4.8) at -O3 in both 32-bit and 64-bit modes: int printf (const char *, ...); int a; int b; int c; volatile int d; int e; int f[2]; int g; int h; int j; int *k = &f[0]; int l; short fn1 (unsigned short p) { return p * a; } int fn2 (int p) { int m[1]; int i = 0; for (; i < 1; i++) m[0] = 0; g = 0; for (; g; g = 1) { int *n[1] = {&m[0]}; } l = p % (1 ^ *k); return 0; } int main () { unsigned short o = 0; int *p; for (; c < 2; c++) { int *q = &e; b = 0; h = 0; d ^ (*q = 0); o = fn1 (j); *q = f[0] < fn2 (o); p = &f[c]; *q = 1; fn2 (0); *p = 0; } printf ("%d\n", e); return 0; }