https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81573
--- Comment #8 from rguenther at suse dot de <rguenther at suse dot de> --- On July 27, 2017 4:39:45 PM GMT+02:00, "seurer at gcc dot gnu.org" <gcc-bugzi...@gcc.gnu.org> wrote: >https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81573 > >--- Comment #7 from seurer at gcc dot gnu.org --- >The problem in the test case is that the code assumes "char" is signed. > On >power it is not. So "b" starts at 0, is decremented to 255, and >...etc... >The for loop will run forever. Sorry. Can you commit the obvious fix making it explicitly signed char?