https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61602
--- Comment #8 from Jan Hubicka <hubicka at gcc dot gnu.org> --- OK, the problem is that the variable becomes unreachable after other variable is declared writeonly and its constructor is killed. I am testing: Index: ipa.c =================================================================== --- ipa.c (revision 218730) +++ ipa.c (working copy) @@ -714,14 +714,18 @@ set_readonly_bit (varpool_node *vnode, v /* Set writeonly bit and clear the initalizer, since it will not be needed. */ bool -set_writeonly_bit (varpool_node *vnode, void *data ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) +set_writeonly_bit (varpool_node *vnode, void *data) { vnode->writeonly = true; if (optimize) { DECL_INITIAL (vnode->decl) = NULL; if (!vnode->alias) - vnode->remove_all_references (); + { + if (vnode->num_references ()) + *(bool *)data = true; + vnode->remove_all_references (); + } } return false; } @@ -739,15 +743,18 @@ clear_addressable_bit (varpool_node *vno /* Discover variables that have no longer address taken or that are read only and update their flags. + Return true when unreachable symbol removan should be done. + FIXME: This can not be done in between gimplify and omp_expand since readonly flag plays role on what is shared and what is not. Currently we do this transformation as part of whole program visibility and re-do at ipa-reference pass (to take into account clonning), but it would make sense to do it before early optimizations. */ -void +bool ipa_discover_readonly_nonaddressable_vars (void) { + bool remove_p = false; varpool_node *vnode; if (dump_file) fprintf (dump_file, "Clearing variable flags:"); @@ -762,14 +769,16 @@ ipa_discover_readonly_nonaddressable_var bool read = false; bool explicit_refs = true; - process_references (vnode, &written, &address_taken, &read, &explicit_refs); + process_references (vnode, &written, &address_taken, &read, + &explicit_refs); if (!explicit_refs) continue; if (!address_taken) { if (TREE_ADDRESSABLE (vnode->decl) && dump_file) fprintf (dump_file, " %s (non-addressable)", vnode->name ()); - vnode->call_for_node_and_aliases (clear_addressable_bit, NULL, true); + vnode->call_for_node_and_aliases (clear_addressable_bit, NULL, + true); } if (!address_taken && !written /* Making variable in explicit section readonly can cause section @@ -785,11 +794,13 @@ ipa_discover_readonly_nonaddressable_var { if (dump_file) fprintf (dump_file, " %s (write-only)", vnode->name ()); - vnode->call_for_node_and_aliases (set_writeonly_bit, NULL, true); + vnode->call_for_node_and_aliases (set_writeonly_bit, &remove_p, + true); } } if (dump_file) fprintf (dump_file, "\n"); + return remove_p; } /* Free inline summary. */ Index: cgraph.h =================================================================== --- cgraph.h (revision 218726) +++ cgraph.h (working copy) @@ -2188,7 +2188,7 @@ void record_references_in_initializer (t /* In ipa.c */ void cgraph_build_static_cdtor (char which, tree body, int priority); -void ipa_discover_readonly_nonaddressable_vars (void); +bool ipa_discover_readonly_nonaddressable_vars (void); /* In varpool.c */ tree ctor_for_folding (tree); Index: testsuite/gcc.dg/torture/pr61602.c =================================================================== --- testsuite/gcc.dg/torture/pr61602.c (revision 0) +++ testsuite/gcc.dg/torture/pr61602.c (revision 0) @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +int a; +int *b = &a, **c = &b; +int +main () +{ + int **d = &b; + *d = 0; +} Index: ipa-reference.c =================================================================== --- ipa-reference.c (revision 218726) +++ ipa-reference.c (working copy) @@ -676,11 +676,12 @@ propagate (void) XCNEWVEC (struct cgraph_node *, symtab->cgraph_count); int order_pos; int i; + bool remove_p; if (dump_file) cgraph_node::dump_cgraph (dump_file); - ipa_discover_readonly_nonaddressable_vars (); + remove_p = ipa_discover_readonly_nonaddressable_vars (); generate_summary (); /* Propagate the local information through the call graph to produce @@ -867,7 +868,7 @@ propagate (void) if (dump_file) splay_tree_delete (reference_vars_to_consider); reference_vars_to_consider = NULL; - return 0; + return remove_p ? TODO_remove_functions : 0; } /* Return true if we need to write summary of NODE. */