https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=94873
--- Comment #3 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> --- I think this goes wrong during combine, auto-inc-dec makes (insn 29 6 7 2 (set (reg/f:DI 106) (reg/f:DI 97)) "pr94873.c":11:48 -1 (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg/f:DI 97) (nil))) (insn 7 29 8 2 (set (reg:TI 95 [ D.3590 ]) (mem/u/c:TI (post_inc:DI (reg/f:DI 106)) [0 S16 A128])) "pr94873.c":11:48 58 {*movti_aarch64} (expr_list:REG_INC (reg/f:DI 106) (expr_list:REG_EQUAL (const_wide_int 0x0f4409395252b9560) (nil)))) ... (insn 19 18 20 2 (set (reg:DI 0 x0) (reg/f:DI 106)) "pr94873.c":13:5 53 {*movdi_aarch64} (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg/f:DI 106) (expr_list:REG_EQUAL (const:DI (plus:DI (symbol_ref:DI ("*.LANCHOR0") [flags 0x182]) (const_int 16 [0x10]))) (nil)))) where pseudo 97 holds .LANCHOR0 address, at which there is the 16-byte constant followed by the string literal. But combine optimizes that REG_INC insn away and we end up with (insn 19 18 20 2 (set (reg:DI 0 x0) (lo_sum:DI (reg/f:DI 98) (symbol_ref:DI ("*.LANCHOR0") [flags 0x182]))) "pr94873.c":13:5 1054 {add_losym_di} (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg/f:DI 98) (expr_list:REG_EQUAL (const:DI (plus:DI (symbol_ref:DI ("*.LANCHOR0") [flags 0x182]) (const_int 16 [0x10]))) (nil)))) as you can see, the actual value in the insn isn't equal to what REG_EQUAL note says.