Even a simple program like: for(i=0;i<1000;i++) a[i]= b[i]+c[i];
is vectorized using -ftree-vectorize -msse2 -O2 flag. Unaligned instruction are generated. For any program, Not even a single aligned instruction is generated. As, the variable STACK_BOUNDARY in function "vect_can_force_dr_alignment_p" in file tree-vectorizer.c:1798 is defined to be BITS_PER_WORD(32) for i386 in i386.h . while this should be 128, so this variable should be replaced by some other variable or might be again restored to PREFERRED_STACK_BOUNDARY, like previous versions. In version 4.4.0 , it is replaced by MAX_STACK_ALIGNMENT, which is defined as MAX_OFILE_ALIGNEMENT in i386.h. So, both conditions return ,the same answer ( alignment <= MAX_OFILE_ALIGNMENT). -- Summary: no aligned instruction generated for i386 Product: gcc Version: 4.3.3 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: target AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: abhishek dot shrivastav24 at gmail dot com GCC build triplet: i686-unknown-linux GCC host triplet: i686-unknown-linux GCC target triplet: i686-unknown-linux http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=40243