https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=94832
Bug ID: 94832 Summary: AVX512 scatter/gather macros lack parentheses when unoptimized Product: gcc Version: 9.3.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: gcc at kheafield dot com Target Milestone: --- This code behaves differently and produces a warning about void * arithmetic when compiled without optimization: #include <immintrin.h> void Fail(int *data) { _mm512_mask_i32scatter_epi32(data - 1, 0xffff, _mm512_set1_epi32(1), _mm512_set1_epi32(1), 1); } Warning and writes are based at (void*)data - 1: g++ -mavx512bw example.cc -c -o example.o In file included from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.0/include/immintrin.h:55, from example.cc:1: example.cc: In function ‘void Foo(int*)’: example.cc:4:37: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in arithmetic [-Wpointer-arith] 4 | _mm512_mask_i32scatter_epi32(data - 1, 0xffff, _mm512_set1_epi32(1), _mm512_set1_epi32(1), 1); | ^ No warning and writes are based at (void*)(data - 1), the expected behavior: g++ -mavx512bw example.cc -O3 -c -o example.o # No output. If we look at avx512fintrin.h, it becomes clear why: #ifdef __OPTIMIZE__ /* ... */ extern __inline void __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) _mm512_mask_i32scatter_epi32 (void *__addr, __mmask16 __mask, __m512i __index, __m512i __v1, int __scale) { __builtin_ia32_scattersiv16si (__addr, __mask, (__v16si) __index, (__v16si) __v1, __scale); } /* ... */ #else /* ... */ #define _mm512_mask_i32scatter_epi32(ADDR, MASK, INDEX, V1, SCALE) \ __builtin_ia32_scattersiv16si ((void *)ADDR, (__mmask16)MASK, \ (__v16si)(__m512i)INDEX, \ (__v16si)(__m512i)V1, (int)SCALE) /* ... */ #endif When compiled without optimization, the header uses a macro. And data - 1 is mapping to (void*)data - 1, producing a warning about type ‘void *’ used in arithmetic as well as a different address calculation. Tested on two gcc versions. Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.0/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Configured with: /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-9.3.0/work/gcc-9.3.0/configure --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/9.3.0 --includedir=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.0/include --datadir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.0 --mandir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.0/man --infodir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.0/info --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.0/include/g++-v9 --with-python-dir=/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.0/python --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --enable-obsolete --enable-secureplt --disable-werror --with-system-zlib --enable-nls --without-included-gettext --enable-checking=release --with-bugurl=https://bugs.gentoo.org/ --with-pkgversion='Gentoo 9.3.0 p2' --disable-esp --enable-libstdcxx-time --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-multilib --with-multilib-list=m32,m64 --disable-altivec --disable-fixed-point --enable-targets=all --enable-libgomp --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libada --disable-systemtap --enable-vtable-verify --enable-lto --without-isl --enable-default-pie --enable-default-ssp Thread model: posix gcc version 9.3.0 (Gentoo 9.3.0 p2) Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=g++ COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/8/lto-wrapper OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES=nvptx-none OFFLOAD_TARGET_DEFAULT=1 Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 8.4.0-1ubuntu1~18.04' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-8/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --with-gcc-major-version-only --program-suffix=-8 --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify --enable-libmpx --enable-plugin --enable-default-pie --with-system-zlib --with-target-system-zlib=auto --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --without-cuda-driver --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 8.4.0 (Ubuntu 8.4.0-1ubuntu1~18.04)