https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101817
Bug ID: 101817 Summary: g++ apply optimization irrespective of -O0 flag is set Product: gcc Version: 9.3.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: mohan.rajanna at ict dot nl Target Milestone: --- Created attachment 51273 --> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=51273&action=edit disassemble log captured during gdb session Hello Team, I observe g++ applies optimization even when -O0 flag is used for compiling. I am performing unit testing with CMocka setup. Due to optimization, I am unable to test stub function call to strncmp(). Please Note: Stub function call to strncmp() will work in some cases but most of the time, function calls are optimized. I am performing debug build, cmake build log with verbose argument says source file is compiled with below example. I believe in this case -O0 is applied by default. Example: std=c++14 -g -o test.c.o -c test.c Just for Information: I manually applied -O0 in CMakeLists.txt with this line set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -O0") and below was the cmake verbose log. std=c++14 -g -O0 -o test.c.o -c test.c Please find the attachment to see disassemble log captured during gdb session. Please find below the versions used for g++, cmake, ubuntu: g++ --version g++ (Ubuntu 9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04) 9.3.0 cmake --version cmake version 3.16.3 Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS This is inconsistent behaviour with -O0 flag. Sometimes this flag disables the optimization but not always. Kind Regards Mohan