https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=116219
--- Comment #8 from Sam James <sjames at gcc dot gnu.org> --- after your suggestion on IRC to tamper with GTY annotations, it looks like: -static GTY((deletable)) hash_table<norm_hasher> *norm_cache; +static GTY(()) hash_table<norm_hasher> *norm_cache; stops the comparison issue