https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=91569
Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Known to work| |11.1.0 --- Comment #2 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- For test3 GCC 11+ produces: opt_test3(int): .LFB2: .cfi_startproc movslq %edi, %rax movb $4, %ah ret Which is exactly what you should see. Gimple level looks the same between GCC 10 and GCC 11: _1 = (long int) num_2(D); a = _1; MEM[(char *)&a + 1B] = 4; _6 = a; I suspect a decl no longer has address taken so it is not going to the stack right away.