http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49873
Richard Guenther <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #2 from Richard Guenther <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-07-28 09:55:58 UTC --- char *same_data = s.ptr + (data - s.ptr); same_data[0] = 1; same_data now points to s.ptr plus some offset that isn't computed in any standard compliant way. As s.ptr is NULL the store is dead. With char *same_data = (char *)((uintptr_t) s.ptr + (uintptr_t) data - (uintptr_t) s.ptr)); you would get the correct answer, avoiding all the undefinedness in your code.