http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=59401
--- Comment #1 from Oleg Endo <olegendo at gcc dot gnu.org> --- An example where the base address is retrieved from the GBR in one basic block, but used in different basic blocks: struct tcb_t { int x, y, z, w; }; int test_01 (int a, tcb_t* b, int c) { tcb_t* tcb = (tcb_t*)__builtin_thread_pointer (); return (a & 5) ? tcb->x : tcb->w; } By coincidence it produces correct code: mov r4,r0 tst #5,r0 bf .L7 mov.l @(12,gbr),r0 rts nop .L7: rts mov.l @(0,gbr),r0 A proper fix for this would be to collect all "leaf values" for the address registers in question from all predecessor basic blocks as it's done in the function sh_optimize_sett_clrt::find_last_ccreg_values in sh_optimize_sett_clrt.cc.