For this fix I've assumed that it is now the job of the various places that do calculations with sizetypes to flag overflows where this is desired.
bootstrapped/regtested on i686-pc-linux-gnu .
2013-07-04 Joern Rennecke <joern.renne...@embecosm.com> gcc: PR c/57821 * c/c-typeck.c (set_init_index): When folding, check for index overflow. * c-family/c-common.c (complete_array_type): Delay folding first index like other indices. When folding, check for index overflow. gcc/testsuite: PR c/57821 * gcc.dg/large-size-array-6.c: New test. Index: c/c-typeck.c =================================================================== --- c/c-typeck.c (revision 200606) +++ c/c-typeck.c (working copy) @@ -7217,6 +7217,8 @@ set_init_index (tree first, tree last, if (last) constant_expression_warning (last); constructor_index = convert (bitsizetype, first); + if (tree_int_cst_lt (constructor_index, first)) + TREE_OVERFLOW (constructor_index) = 1; if (last) { Index: c-family/c-common.c =================================================================== --- c-family/c-common.c (revision 200606) +++ c-family/c-common.c (working copy) @@ -9809,8 +9809,8 @@ complete_array_type (tree *ptype, tree i bool fold_p = false; if ((*v)[0].index) - maxindex = fold_convert_loc (input_location, sizetype, - (*v)[0].index); + maxindex = (*v)[0].index, fold_p = true; + curindex = maxindex; for (cnt = 1; vec_safe_iterate (v, cnt, &ce); cnt++) @@ -9821,15 +9821,28 @@ complete_array_type (tree *ptype, tree i else { if (fold_p) - curindex = fold_convert (sizetype, curindex); + { + /* Since we treat size types now as ordinary + unsigned types, we need an explicit overflow + check. */ + tree orig = curindex; + curindex = fold_convert (sizetype, curindex); + if (tree_int_cst_lt (curindex, orig)) + TREE_OVERFLOW (curindex) = 1; + } curindex = size_binop (PLUS_EXPR, curindex, size_one_node); } if (tree_int_cst_lt (maxindex, curindex)) maxindex = curindex, fold_p = curfold_p; } - if (fold_p) - maxindex = fold_convert (sizetype, maxindex); + if (fold_p) + { + tree orig = maxindex; + maxindex = fold_convert (sizetype, maxindex); + if (tree_int_cst_lt (maxindex, orig)) + TREE_OVERFLOW (maxindex) = 1; + } } } else Index: testsuite/gcc.dg/large-size-array-6.c =================================================================== --- testsuite/gcc.dg/large-size-array-6.c (revision 0) +++ testsuite/gcc.dg/large-size-array-6.c (working copy) @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +/* PR c/57821 */ +/* { dg-do compile } */ +/* { dg-options "-O2" } */ +static char * name[] = { + [0x8000000000000000] = "bar" + }; /* { dg-error "too large" } */