From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by sourceware.org (Postfix, from userid 48) id 2BCFB385C400; Wed, 1 Sep 2021 21:15:30 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 2BCFB385C400 From: "deller at gmx dot de" To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: [Bug tree-optimization/102162] Byte-wise access optimized away at -O1 and above Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:15:30 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: gcc X-Bugzilla-Component: tree-optimization X-Bugzilla-Version: unknown X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: normal X-Bugzilla-Who: deller at gmx dot de X-Bugzilla-Status: UNCONFIRMED X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: P3 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gcc-bugs mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:15:30 -0000 https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D102162 --- Comment #6 from deller at gmx dot de --- > So, it seems the __aligned__ attribute is ignored: > extern u32 output_len __attribute__((__aligned__(1))); I think the aligned attribute is not relevant here. Even u32 output_len; will generate word-accesses. I'd say that the "forcement-to-packed" is ignored when the compiler knows that the source is aligned. The "__attribute__((__packed__))" should *always* trigger byte-accesses.=