I compiled this C code with current mainline with -fPIC -O2 on x86 GNU/Linux:
extern int f2 (int, int, int, int); struct s { char b[4]; }; __thread struct s a[2]; void f1 (int a1, int a2) { int i, j; for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) { int tot = 0; for (j = 0; j < 4; j++) tot += f2 (a1, a2, i, j); a[0].b[i] = tot; } } The resulting assembler file had this in it: movl [EMAIL PROTECTED](%ebx), %ecx But a is declared with __thread. This should instead be something like: leal [EMAIL PROTECTED](,%ebx,1), %eax call [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the real code there are other references to a, which leads to a linker error: `a' accessed both as normal and thread local symbol I believe the bug is in legitimize_address or in legitimize_pic_address in config/i386/i386.c. legitimize_address gets called with (plus:SI (reg/v:SI 64 [ i ]) (symbol_ref:SI ("a") [flags 0x8] <var_decl 0xb7c630b0 a>)) When it sees a symbol as the right-hand operand of a PLUS, it calls legitimize_pic_address. That returns an UNSPEC_GOT. Somewhere along the way, it needs to call legitimize_tls_address. -- Summary: Incorrect reference to __thread array with -fPIC -O2 on x86 Product: gcc Version: 4.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: target AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: ian at airs dot com http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29198