This has been fixed by Bernd's recent commit. Add a target independent test case to track regression.
OK to trunk and 4.6? Joey Ye <joey...@arm.com> * gcc.dg/volatile-bitfields-2.c: New test. --- gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/volatile-bitfields-2.c (revision 0) +++ gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/volatile-bitfields-2.c (revision 0) @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +/* { dg-do run } */ +/* { dg-options "-fstrict-volatile-bitfields" } */ + +extern void abort(void); +struct thing { + volatile unsigned short a: 8; + volatile unsigned short b: 8; +} t = {1,2}; + +int main() +{ + t.a = 3; + if (t.a !=3 || t.b !=2) abort(); + return 0; +}