From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by sourceware.org (Postfix, from userid 48) id 9A804389245F; Mon, 4 Jan 2021 17:41:03 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 9A804389245F From: "msebor at gcc dot gnu.org" To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: [Bug c/98503] [11 regression] -Warray-bounds false positive with global variables at -O2 since r11-3306-g3f9a497d1b0dd9da Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2021 17:41:03 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: gcc X-Bugzilla-Component: c X-Bugzilla-Version: 11.0 X-Bugzilla-Keywords: diagnostic X-Bugzilla-Severity: normal X-Bugzilla-Who: msebor at gcc dot gnu.org X-Bugzilla-Status: RESOLVED X-Bugzilla-Resolution: INVALID X-Bugzilla-Priority: P3 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: 11.0 X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: bug_status resolution 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: Mon, 04 Jan 2021 17:41:03 -0000 https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D98503 Martin Sebor changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |INVALID --- Comment #6 from Martin Sebor --- In the test case in comment #0 the operand of the return statement in first= () dereferences the tmp pointer: return tmp->list.n; The expression is equivalent to (*tmp).list.n where the dereference should = be more obvious. The dereference is invalid if tmp points to an object of an incompatible type. This is a basic type-based aliasing requirement that GCC relies on. If the test case isn't representative of the problem you see in the code ba= se please submit one that does.=