https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=93956
--- Comment #10 from CVS Commits <cvs-commit at gcc dot gnu.org> --- The releases/gcc-8 branch has been updated by Thomas Kथà¤nig <tkoe...@gcc.gnu.org>: https://gcc.gnu.org/g:aadc54867cc200ad7d073222769b9de7f13b5bcd commit r8-10218-gaadc54867cc200ad7d073222769b9de7f13b5bcd Author: Thomas König <tkoe...@gcc.gnu.org> Date: Fri Apr 24 09:26:48 2020 +0200 Fix PR 93956, wrong pointer when returned via function. Backport from trunk. This one took a bit of detective work. When array pointers point to components of derived types, we currently set the span field and then create an array temporary when we pass the array pointer to a procedure as a non-pointer or non-target argument. (This is inefficient, but that's for another release). Now, the compiler detected this case when there was a direct assignment like p => a%b, but not when p was returned either as a function result or via an argument. This patch fixes that. 2020-04-24 Thomas Koenig <tkoe...@gcc.gnu.org> PR fortran/93956 * expr.c (gfc_check_pointer_assign): Also set subref_array_pointer when a function returns a pointer. * interface.c (gfc_set_subref_array_pointer_arg): New function. (gfc_procedure_use): Call it. 2020-04-24 Thomas Koenig <tkoe...@gcc.gnu.org> PR fortran/93956 * gfortran.dg/pointer_assign_13.f90: New test.