https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=109298
Bug ID: 109298 Summary: warning: array subscript ‘...’ is partly outside array bounds of ‘...’ Product: gcc Version: 13.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: ubizjak at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- This warning/error is actually emitted when compiling drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c linux source file. The testcase: --cut here-- enum { IB_MGMT_RMPP_HDR = 36, IB_MGMT_RMPP_DATA = 220, }; struct ib_umad_packet { int hdr; unsigned char data[]; }; struct ib_rmpp_mad { int class; unsigned char data[IB_MGMT_RMPP_DATA]; }; int foo (const unsigned char *buf) { struct ib_umad_packet *packet; struct ib_rmpp_mad *rmpp_mad; packet = __builtin_malloc (sizeof *packet + IB_MGMT_RMPP_HDR); __builtin_memcpy (&packet->data, buf, IB_MGMT_RMPP_HDR); rmpp_mad = (struct ib_rmpp_mad *) packet->data; return rmpp_mad->class; } --cut here-- -O2 -Wall test.c: In function ‘foo’: test.c:27:18: warning: array subscript ‘struct ib_rmpp_mad[0]’ is partly outside array bounds of ‘unsigned char[40]’ [-Warray-bounds=] 27 | return rmpp_mad->class; | ^~ test.c:21:12: note: at offset 4 into object of size 40 allocated by ‘__builtin_malloc’ 21 | packet = __builtin_malloc (sizeof *packet + IB_MGMT_RMPP_HDR); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adding -fno-strict-aliasing to compile flags does not help.