https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118916
--- Comment #3 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- str w1, [x2] str wzr, [x2], -4 .L6: ldr w1, [x2] is correct as the gimple code is: MEM[(volatile unsigned int *)1099193386136B] ={v} 1; MEM[(volatile unsigned int *)1099193386136B] ={v} 0; <bb 3> [local count: 1073741824]: _3 ={v} MEM[(volatile unsigned int *)1099193386132B]; That is the load is loading from `the original address - 4`. If this memory mapped register does NOT support all stores, then you need to use inline-asm and NOT volatile. volatile just talks about the store/loads happening in assembly in the same order as written and in the GCC 14.2 case with -O3 they are. But you have also a write back or post increment instruction which sets x2 to the next address. There is no volatile violation here since the stores/load happen in the same. just the memory location does not support all instructions.