https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=107618
--- Comment #2 from Yann Droneaud <yann at droneaud dot fr> --- I was wondering what GCC expects __builtin_object_size(0, 0) to be, and used the following: void a_1 (void) __attribute__((__warning__("-1"))); void a0 (void) __attribute__((__warning__("0"))); void a1 (void) __attribute__((__warning__("1"))); void a2 (void) __attribute__((__warning__("2"))); void a3 (void) __attribute__((__warning__("3"))); void a4 (void) __attribute__((__warning__("4"))); int main(void) { unsigned long b = __builtin_object_size(0, 0); if (__builtin_expect(b == (unsigned long)-1, 0)) a_1(); if (__builtin_expect(b == 0, 0)) a0(); if (__builtin_expect(b == 1, 0)) a1(); if (__builtin_expect(b == 2, 0)) a2(); if (__builtin_expect(b == 3, 0)) a3(); if (__builtin_expect(b == 4, 0)) a4(); } It works as expected for any level above 0, except -Og: $ gcc -O1 -S warning.c warning.c: In function ‘main’: warning.c:11:5: warning: call to ‘a_1’ declared with attribute warning: -1 [-Wattribute-warning] 11 | a_1(); | ^~~~~ It's quite reassuring that __builtin_object_size(0, 0) returns -1, hence the emitted call to a_1(): $ cat warning.s .file "warning.c" .text .globl main .type main, @function main: endbr64 subq $8, %rsp call a_1@PLT movl $0, %eax addq $8, %rsp ret For -Og, there's a firework of warnings (shockingly they're the same than -O0 level): $ gcc -Og -S warning.c warning.c: In function ‘main’: warning.c:11:5: warning: call to ‘a_1’ declared with attribute warning: -1 [-Wattribute-warning] 11 | a_1(); | ^~~~~ warning.c:13:5: warning: call to ‘a0’ declared with attribute warning: 0 [-Wattribute-warning] 13 | a0(); | ^~~~ warning.c:15:5: warning: call to ‘a1’ declared with attribute warning: 1 [-Wattribute-warning] 15 | a1(); | ^~~~ warning.c:17:5: warning: call to ‘a2’ declared with attribute warning: 2 [-Wattribute-warning] 17 | a2(); | ^~~~ warning.c:19:5: warning: call to ‘a3’ declared with attribute warning: 3 [-Wattribute-warning] 19 | a3(); | ^~~~ warning.c:21:5: warning: call to ‘a4’ declared with attribute warning: 4 [-Wattribute-warning] 21 | a4(); | ^~~~ Generated assembly for -Og is the same than for levels above 0: a call to a_1() function is emitted, which mean GCC, at some point, knows __builtin_object_size(0, 0) is -1 here. Thus most of the warnings are not very useful. $ cat warning.s .file "warning.c" .text .globl main .type main, @function main: endbr64 subq $8, %rsp call a_1@PLT movl $0, %eax addq $8, %rsp ret