https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=108817
Martin Liška <marxin at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolution|--- |INVALID Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED --- Comment #1 from Martin Liška <marxin at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Here we prove that 'return c' only depends on the last execution of 'c = b[a+1];' which is going to happen with a == 0 and thus we optimize out that. $ gcc pr108817.C -fsanitize=address -O3 -fdump-tree-optimized=/dev/stdout int main () { signed char _4; unsigned long _8; int _12; unsigned long _15; bool _16; unsigned long _18; int _19; char _20; bool _21; signed char _22; signed char _23; unsigned long _25; signed char * _27; bool _38; <bb 2> [local count: 26541933]: a = 2; _15 = (unsigned long) &MEM <int> [(void *)&b + 4B]; (checking if &b + 4 is valid in shadow memory) if (_16 != 0) goto <bb 3>; [0.05%] else goto <bb 4>; [99.95%] <bb 3> [local count: 13271]: __builtin___asan_report_load4 (_15); <bb 4> [local count: 26541933]: _19 = b[1]; <- here we use it as the future value _20 = (char) _19; c = _20; a = -1; _12 = (int) _20; return _12; } Final note: note clang does not report the issue even with -O1.