https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=93946
--- Comment #11 from sandra at gcc dot gnu.org --- RTL before sched2 does look sane and similar to that generated for x86 with -m32. I've been trying to step through sched2. I think that where things get interesting is the call to true_dependence at sched-deps.c:2663. Breakpoint 6, true_dependence (mem=0x7ffff742c9a8, mem_mode=E_VOIDmode, x=0x7ffff742cac8) at /scratch/sandra/nios2-elf-fsf/src/gcc-mainline/gcc/alias.c:3056 3056 return true_dependence_1 (mem, mem_mode, NULL_RTX, (gdb) print debug_rtx(mem) (mem/j:SI (reg/v/f:SI 5 r5 [orig:48 ptr ] [48]) [1 MEM[(struct aa *)ptr_1(D)].a.u.i+0 S4 A32]) $19 = void (gdb) print debug_rtx(x) (mem/j:SI (reg/v/f:SI 4 r4 [orig:47 bv ] [47]) [1 bv_3(D)->b.u.f+0 S4 A32]) $20 = void This is making it all the way to the end of true_dependence_1, into rtx_refs_may_alias_p, and into refs_may_alias_p_1, which is returning false, which gets propagated back up as the result of true_dependence. IIUC, this is what is allowing sched2 to move the read from "x" ahead of the write to "mem". Before I spend more time on this, am I on the right track here? And is this pointing at the problem being in refs_may_alias_p_1 rather than somewhere along the way e.g. in true_dependence_1?