https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=105399
--- Comment #2 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Because of -Ofast initial compilation, opt_for_fn (decl, flag_semantic_interposition) is false for all the decls for which a cgraph node is created, but they have NULL DECL_FUNCTION_SPECIFIC_OPTIMIZATION, and thus they look up the bit in optimization_default_node. That results in node->semantic_interposition to be 0 as well. Next comes free_lang_data_in_decl, which does: if (TREE_CODE (decl) == FUNCTION_DECL) ... if (gimple_has_body_p (decl) || (node && node->thunk)) ... if (!DECL_FUNCTION_SPECIFIC_OPTIMIZATION (decl)) DECL_FUNCTION_SPECIFIC_OPTIMIZATION (decl) = optimization_default_node; Now, free_lang_data_in_decl is called on 3 FUNCTION_DECLs, _ZN1SC1Ev aka __ct_comp, which is node->alias && !node->semantic_interposition, gimple_has_body_p (decl) is false for it and we don't do anything. Next it is called on _ZN1SC4Ev aka __ct, which has NULL node and gimple_has_body_p (decl) is false for it too. Last it is called for _ZN1SC2Ev aka __ct_base, which is !node->alias && !node->semantic_interposition, gimple_has_body_p (decl) is true and we set DECL_FUNCTION_SPECIFIC_OPTIMIZATION (decl) to optimization_default_node. Then we stream all this out, and stream it back, except that optimization_default_node is one for -O2 with x_flag_semantic_interposition set for it. _ZN1SC2Ev passes the verification, node->semantic_interposition is false and opt_for_fn (decl, flag_semantic_interposition) is false as well. But for _ZN1SC1Ev we ICE on: if (definition && externally_visible && semantic_interposition != opt_for_fn (decl, flag_semantic_interposition)) { error ("semantic interposition mismatch"); error_found = true; } That is because for aliases which don't have a body, we kept DECL_FUNCTION_SPECIFIC_OPTIMIZATION (decl) NULL. One way to fix this would be - if (definition && externally_visible + if (definition + && externally_visible + && (!alias || thunk) && semantic_interposition != opt_for_fn (decl, flag_semantic_interposition)) { error ("semantic interposition mismatch"); error_found = true; } i.e. don't bother verification of mismatches for aliases. Another would be to adjust DECL_FUNCTION_SPECIFIC_OPTIMIZATION (decl) in free_lang_data_in_decl even for aliases.