http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49699
Summary: Aligned load on unaligned address Product: gcc Version: 4.7.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: target AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: hjl.to...@gmail.com CC: ubiz...@gmail.com [hjl@gnu-6 tmp]$ cat a.c #include <emmintrin.h> struct foo { __m128 x; } __attribute__ ((aligned(8))); extern struct foo x; __m128 foo () { return x.x; } [hjl@gnu-6 tmp]$ gcc -msse2 -O a.c -S [hjl@gnu-6 tmp]$ cat a.s .file "a.c" .text .globl foo .type foo, @function foo: .LFB516: .cfi_startproc movaps x(%rip), %xmm0 ret .cfi_endproc .LFE516: .size foo, .-foo .ident "GCC: (GNU) 4.6.0 20110530 (Red Hat 4.6.0-9)" .section .note.GNU-stack,"",@progbits [hjl@gnu-6 tmp]$