https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118141
Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |INVALID --- Comment #2 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) { input_vec[i] = ((unsigned int*) input)[i]; } float input[8] = { 1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f, 4.0f, 5.0f, 6.0f, 7.8f, 8.0f }; unsigned short output[8]; // Convert fp32 to bfloat16 convert_fp32_to_bfloat16(input, output); You are violating C/C++ aliasing rules. Either use memcpy (with c++20, you can use std::bit_cast), an union to do type punning or use -fno-strict-aliasing. Adding -fno-strict-aliasing fixes the issue.