https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=105012
--- Comment #29 from anlauf at gcc dot gnu.org --- (In reply to Mikael Morin from comment #28) > With the following, I get the expected result. > Indeed, with se->want_pointer set, gfc_conv_expr generates an address > expression, so it has to be dereferenced to get back the variable. > > diff --git a/gcc/fortran/trans-expr.cc b/gcc/fortran/trans-expr.cc > index 6c8fa16e723..367ecc2eb65 100644 > --- a/gcc/fortran/trans-expr.cc > +++ b/gcc/fortran/trans-expr.cc > @@ -9602,7 +9602,7 @@ gfc_conv_expr_reference (gfc_se * se, gfc_expr * expr, > bool add_clobber) > tree var; > /* FIXME: This fails if var is passed by reference, see PR > 41453. */ > - var = expr->symtree->n.sym->backend_decl; > + var = build_fold_indirect_ref_loc (input_location, se->expr); > clobber = build_clobber (TREE_TYPE (var)); > gfc_add_modify (&se->pre, var, clobber); > } I tried the more hackish @@ -9529,9 +9540,12 @@ gfc_conv_expr_reference (gfc_se * se, gfc_expr * expr, bool add_clobber) { tree clobber; tree var; + gfc_symbol *sym = expr->symtree->n.sym; /* FIXME: This fails if var is passed by reference, see PR 41453. */ var = expr->symtree->n.sym->backend_decl; + if (sym->attr.function && sym->result == sym) + var = gfc_get_fake_result_decl (sym, 0); clobber = build_clobber (TREE_TYPE (var)); gfc_add_modify (&se->pre, var, clobber); } but if your patch regtests fine then you should proceed.