https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=110080
--- Comment #1 from Theodoros Theodoridis <theodort at inf dot ethz.ch> --- Oops, the first code snippet is wrong in the original post: void foo(void); static unsigned char a = 131; static int *b; static int **c = &b; static void d(int e, unsigned f) { int *g; if (!e){ // <------------------------ if (!e) is correct for (; a; ++a) for (e = 0; 0;) ; g = &e; int **h = &g; if (**h) { foo(); } } *c = &e; } int main() { d(4 & a, a); } this is also the correct assembly for gcc trunk/13.1/12.3 at -Os: main: movb a(%rip), %al testb $4, %al jne .L5 xorl %edx, %edx .L2: testb %al, %al je .L12 incl %eax movb $1, %dl jmp .L2 .L12: testb %dl, %dl je .L5 movb $0, a(%rip) .L5: leaq -4(%rsp), %rax movq %rax, b(%rip) xorl %eax, %eax ret a: .byte -125 the code with the _builtin_unreachable and the rest are correct