https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=103670
--- Comment #2 from Robert M. Münch <robert.muench at saphirion dot com> --- That's the code snippet. The for(...) loop is where things start to become strange. The thing is, if we use the code from a pure C program, it works. We are using this code from a Windows DLL which we call via an FFI from an interpreter. However, omitting any optimization makes it work. if (pAdapter != NULL) { int i = 0; int offset = 0; // loop for as many bytes as given by the address length // sprintf returns num char written, take: out buffer, max size of buffer, format, ... // format: %[flags][width][.precision][size]type // .2 = two characters // type X = Unsigned hexadecimal integer; uses "ABCDEF" // %.2X LOG(" AddressLenth: %i", pAdapter->AddressLength); // MAC-48 = 48 bit, 6 bytes, 6 two char blocks LOG(" mac: %.12X", pAdapter->Address); for (i = 0; i < pAdapter->AddressLength; i++) { LOG(" i: %i offset: %i, AddressLenth: %i", i, offset, pAdapter->AddressLength); // omit outputting the - char for the last byte if (i == (pAdapter->AddressLength - 1)) { LOG("%s", " finalizing MAC address buidling"); offset += sprintf_s(MacAddress + offset, MAX_ADAPTER_ADDRESS_LENGTH, "%02X",pAdapter->Address[i]); } else { offset += sprintf_s(MacAddress + offset, MAX_ADAPTER_ADDRESS_LENGTH, "%02X-",pAdapter->Address[i]); } } LOG("<- OK: %s AddressLength: %i", MacAddress, i); return MacAddress; }