https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70733
Bug ID: 70733 Summary: Wrong code with nested structs and bit field. Product: gcc Version: 7.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: target Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: vsevolod.livinskij at frtk dot ru Target Milestone: --- Created attachment 38314 --> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=38314&action=edit Reproducer. Test case produces incorrect result. Output: > clang++ repr.cpp; ./a.out -4 > g++ repr.cpp; ./a.out 137438953468 GCC version: > g++ -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=g++ COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/export/users/vlivinsk/gcc-trunk/bin/libexec/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/7.0.0/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Configured with: /export/users/vlivinsk/gcc-trunk/gcc/configure --with-arch=corei7 --with-cpu=corei7 --enable-clocale=gnu --with-system-zlib --enable-shared --with-demangler-in-ld --enable-cloog-backend=isl --with-fpmath=sse --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,lto --with-gmp=/export/users/vlivinsk/gcc-trunk/gmp-6.1.0/bin --with-mpfr=/export/users/vlivinsk/gcc-trunk/mpfr-3.1.3/bin --with-mpc=/export/users/vlivinsk/gcc-trunk/mpc-1.0.3/bin --prefix=/export/users/vlivinsk/gcc-trunk/bin Thread model: posix gcc version 7.0.0 20160418 (experimental) (Revision=235129) Test: #include <iostream> struct A { unsigned long member : 37; }; struct B { A member; } b; long a; int main() { b.member.member = 4; a = -b.member.member; if (a != 4) abort(); }