I'm hitting an ICE on gcc svn from 20091229 when building the Linux kernel with -flto. A cutdown test case:
struct zot { void *p; int *padding; } __attribute__((__aligned__(128))); void foo(struct zot *buf) { int i; for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) buf->padding[i] = 0; } # gcc -m64 -O2 -flto -c -o test.o test.c # gcc -m64 -O2 -flto -r -o test2.o test.o -nostdlib In file included from :0:0: test.c: In function 'foo': test.c:7:6: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions. lto-wrapper: /root/gcc-installed/bin/gcc returned 1 exit status collect2: lto-wrapper returned 1 exit status -- Summary: ICE with -flto when using __attribute__((__aligned__(X))) Product: gcc Version: 4.5.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: lto AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: anton at samba dot org GCC target triplet: powerpc64-linux-gnu-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42534