http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45813
Richard Guenther <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |WAITING Last reconfirmed| |2010.09.28 09:17:33 date| | Ever Confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #1 from Richard Guenther <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> 2010-09-28 09:17:33 UTC --- I can't reproduce this on x86_64-linux with GCC 4.4.4 and -O2 (what options did you use?). A cross to arm I still have around for GCC 4.5.0 also doesn't show the problem. I used unsigned short ReadLE16U ( volatile unsigned char *pmem) { unsigned short val; unsigned char *bytes = (unsigned char *)&val; bytes[0] = pmem[0]; bytes[1] = pmem[1]; return val; } if that is not enough to reproduce the problem please provide complete preprocessed source that can be compiled.