https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=107754
Bug ID: 107754 Summary: Confusing -Warray-bounds warning with strcpy Product: gcc Version: 12.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: nightstrike at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- Metabug: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=warray-bounds // Compile with GCC 12.2.0 with -O2: // warning: ‘strcpy’ offset 0 is out of the bounds [0, 0] [-Warray-bounds] // no warning without -O2 struct Inst; struct Class { int offset; }; static struct Class * classFoo; // No problem without static here struct Foo { unsigned int a; // no problem if commented out char bar[1024]; }; void setFoo(struct Inst * this, const char * value) { struct Foo * ptr = (struct Foo *)(this ? (((char *)this) + classFoo->offset) : 0); __builtin_strcpy(ptr->bar, value); } $ gcc-12 -c -O2 -Warray-bounds a.c -o /dev/null a.c: In function 'setFoo': a.c:19:4: warning: '__builtin_strcpy' offset 0 is out of the bounds [0, 0] [-Warray-bounds] 19 | __builtin_strcpy(ptr->bar, value); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~