$ gcc -v Using built-in specs. Target: i486-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.1.3 --program-suffix=-4.1 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-mpfr --enable-checking=release i486-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2) $ gcc -O2 -w p.c -o p ; ./p Bad $ gcc -O2 -fno-tree-pre -w p.c -o p ; ./p $ gcc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -w p.c -o p ; ./p $ cat p.c int bmemcmp(void *a1, void *a2, unsigned len) { int dwlen = len / 4; while (dwlen) { int res = *(int *)a1 - *(int *)a2; if (res) return res;
--dwlen; ++*(int **)&a1; ++*(int **)&a2; } return 0; } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int *p1 = (int*)calloc(sizeof(int), 1024 * 1024 * 4); int *p2 = (int*)calloc(sizeof(int), 1024 * 1024 * 4); p1[3] = 1; if (bmemcmp(p1, p2, 1024 * 1024 * 4) == 0) printf("Bad\n"); return 0; } -- Summary: Bad code generated with -O2 Product: gcc Version: 4.1.3 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: major Priority: P3 Component: tree-optimization AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: unaiur at gmail dot com http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34169