http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48485
--- Comment #4 from Richard Guenther <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-04-07 10:50:10 UTC --- It works for me. /tmp> /space/rguenther/install/gcc-4.5.2/bin/gcc -fmudflap t.c -lmudflap -o t /tmp> ./t ******* mudflap violation 1 (check/write): time=1302173318.008878 ptr=0x7fffffffde10 size=18446744073709551396 pc=0x7ffff7a3dcb1 location=`t.c:5:8 (main)' /usr/lib64/libmudflap.so.0(__mf_check+0x41) [0x7ffff7a3dcb1] ./t(main+0xa0) [0x400a64] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0x7ffff76f9586] Nearby object 1: checked region begins 0B into and ends 8678B after mudflap object 0x706960: name=`t.c:2:6 (main) a' bounds=[0x7fffffffde10,0x7fffffffde19] size=10 area=stack check=0r/3w liveness=3 alloc time=1302173318.008431 pc=0x7ffff7a3d3f1 Nearby object 2: checked region begins 264B before and ends 8408B after mudflap object 0x702370: name=`argv[]' bounds=[0x7fffffffdf18,0x7fffffffdf27] size=16 area=static check=0r/3w liveness=3 alloc time=1302173318.008116 pc=0x7ffff7a3d3f1 Nearby object 3: checked region begins 280B before and ends 7712B after mudflap object 0x706570: name=`environ[]' bounds=[0x7fffffffdf28,0x7fffffffe1df] size=696 area=static check=0r/3w liveness=3 alloc time=1302173318.008412 pc=0x7ffff7a3d3f1 number of nearby objects: 90 Note that openSUSE has libmudflap disabled, so I wonder how it even compiles and links for you ;)