https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=102519
--- Comment #7 from David Edelsohn <dje at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Have you tried a native PPC64LE Linux build? AIX defaults to 32 bit, and it's big endian. I wouldn't expect that to affect the memory usage, but I'm mentioning it. Did you try to compiler gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/rlwimi-1.c ?