https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55978
--- Comment #33 from anlauf at gcc dot gnu.org --- I've been repeatedly struggling with the testcase in comment#19. Since the dump-tree did not reveal anything, I ran a reduced version under gdb to see why the code crashes at -O0 and -Og but not at higher optimization. I got them impression that the dump-tree does not tell the full truth: subroutine one has { struct array01_integer(kind=4) * D.4292; D.4292 = x != 0B ? (struct array01_integer(kind=4) *) _gfortran_internal_pack (x) : 0B; two (D.4292); if (x != 0B && (integer(kind=4)[0:] *) x->data != (integer(kind=4)[0:] *) D.4292) { _gfortran_internal_unpack (x, D.4292); __builtin_free ((void *) D.4292); } } but to my untrained eye it looked like the test x->data != D.4292 was executed before x != 0B. This lead me to the following tentative patch: diff --git a/gcc/fortran/trans-array.cc b/gcc/fortran/trans-array.cc index 19d69aec9c0..06bfea1f461 100644 --- a/gcc/fortran/trans-array.cc +++ b/gcc/fortran/trans-array.cc @@ -9025,7 +9100,7 @@ gfc_conv_array_parameter (gfc_se * se, gfc_expr * expr, bool g77, fold_convert (TREE_TYPE (tmp), ptr), tmp); if (fsym && fsym->attr.optional && sym && sym->attr.optional) - tmp = fold_build2_loc (input_location, TRUTH_AND_EXPR, + tmp = fold_build2_loc (input_location, TRUTH_ANDIF_EXPR, logical_type_node, gfc_conv_expr_present (sym), tmp); Strangely enough, this gives exactly the same dump-tree! (If someone knows why, please enlighten me!) But it fixed the issue. The I looked at the optimized tree. The reference version has: <bb 4> [local count: 1073741824]: # _5 = PHI <_19(3), y_17(D)(2)> two (_5); _1 = y_17(D) != 0B; _2 = y_17(D)->data; _3 = _2 != _5; _4 = _1 & _3; if (_4 != 0) goto <bb 5>; [33.00%] else goto <bb 6>; [67.00%] <bb 5> [local count: 354334800]: __builtin_free (_5); This explains the "boom". The version with the ANDIF has: <bb 4> [local count: 1073741824]: # _2 = PHI <_16(3), y_14(D)(2)> two (_2); if (y_14(D) != 0B) goto <bb 5>; [70.00%] else goto <bb 7>; [30.00%] <bb 5> [local count: 751619280]: _1 = y_14(D)->data; if (_1 != _2) goto <bb 6>; [53.47%] else goto <bb 7>; [46.53%] <bb 6> [local count: 401890828]: __builtin_free (_2); This looks sane to me: the data component is not referenced if the dummy is seen to be absent. Regtesting...