https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=69368
--- Comment #59 from Dominique d'Humieres <dominiq at lps dot ens.fr> --- > We already warn about mismatches sizes at LTO link time Confirmed [Book15] f90/bug% gfc -c -O2 pr69368_a.f90 -flto [Book15] f90/bug% gfc -O2 pr69368_a.o pr69368_b.f90 -flto pr69368_a.f90:3:0: warning: type of 'blk' does not match original declaration [-Wlto-type-mismatch] COMMON /BLK/ K(1) pr69368_b.f90:3:0: note: 'blk' was previously declared here COMMON /BLK/ K(64) pr69368_b.f90:3:0: note: code may be misoptimized unless -fno-strict-aliasing is used and the executable gives the expected output. IMO the second note is bogus (pr68717). If I replace COMMON /BLK/ K(1) with COMMON /BLK/ K(2) the executable gives the expected output also for all the compiling options I have tried. AFAICT the code (invalid for any value of I and J) FUNCTION FOO(I, J) COMMON /BLK/ K(1) FOO = K(I) + K(J) + K(2*I) + K(2*J) END FUNCTION is optimized as FOO = K(I) + K(I) + K(I) + K(I) Although I know that a compiler can do whatever it deems suitable with invalid code, I don't understand the rationale of the above "optimization": it is as invalid as the original code. Another thing I don't understand is that the following code is not "optimized" while as invalid as the one above: INTEGER FUNCTION FOO(I, J, K) INTEGER K(1) FOO = K(I) + K(J) + K(2*I) + K(2*J) END FUNCTION INTEGER FOO INTEGER K(64) DO I=1,64 K(I)=I END DO IF (FOO(5,12,K).NE.51) CALL ABORT END