http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60604
--- Comment #6 from Steve Ellcey <sje at gcc dot gnu.org> --- I think the underlying bug here is the code we generate for builtin_fabs. In emit-rtl.c (validate_subreg) I see this comment: /* Subregs involving floating point modes are not allowed to change size. Therefore (subreg:DI (reg:DF) 0) is fine, but (subreg:SI (reg:DF) 0) isn't. */ But on mips, builtin_fabs calls expand_absneg_bit and that generates this RTL: ;; _11 = ABS_EXPR <_4>; (insn 26 25 27 (set (subreg:SI (reg:DF 199 [ D.3267 ]) 0) (and:SI (subreg:SI (reg:DF 194 [ D.3267 ]) 0) (const_int 2147483647 [0x7fffffff]))) x.c:25 -1 (nil)) (insn 27 26 0 (set (subreg:SI (reg:DF 199 [ D.3267 ]) 4) (subreg:SI (reg:DF 194 [ D.3267 ]) 4)) x.c:25 -1 (nil)) Which would seem to violate the restrictions in the comment.