https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=64992
Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |WAITING Last reconfirmed| |2015-02-10 Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #1 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- That is simply because you declared b volatile and thus b may be zero HERE. Not sure what you are expecting?