Since 12.1.0: At -O3 -std=c++20 -Werror=stringop-overflow: #include <vector> void f() { std::vector<char> v; v.resize(26); v.resize(33); v.resize(39); v.resize(47); v.resize(v.size() + 8); } In file included from gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/vector:60, from <source>:1: In function 'constexpr typename __gnu_cxx::__enable_if<std::__is_byte<_Tp>::__value, void>::__type std::__fill_a1(_Tp*, _Tp*, const _Tp&) [with _Tp = char]', inlined from 'constexpr void std::__fill_a(_FIte, _FIte, const _Tp&) [with _FIte = char*; _Tp = char]' at gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/bits/stl_algobase.h:968:21, inlined from 'constexpr _OutputIterator std::__fill_n_a(_OutputIterator, _Size, const _Tp&, random_access_iterator_tag) [with _OutputIterator = char*; _Size = long unsigned int; _Tp = char]' at gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/bits/stl_algobase.h:1119:20, inlined from 'constexpr _OI std::fill_n(_OI, _Size, const _Tp&) [with _OI = char*; _Size = long unsigned int; _Tp = char]' at gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/bits/stl_algobase.h:1148:29, inlined from 'static constexpr _ForwardIterator std::__uninitialized_default_n_1<true>::__uninit_default_n(_ForwardIterator, _Size) [with _ForwardIterator = char*; _Size = long unsigned int]' at gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:663:29, inlined from 'static constexpr _ForwardIterator std::__uninitialized_default_n_1<true>::__uninit_default_n(_ForwardIterator, _Size) [with _ForwardIterator = char*; _Size = long unsigned int]' at gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:655:9, inlined from 'constexpr _ForwardIterator std::__uninitialized_default_n(_ForwardIterator, _Size) [with _ForwardIterator = char*; _Size = long unsigned int]' at gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:701:20, inlined from 'constexpr _ForwardIterator std::__uninitialized_default_n_a(_ForwardIterator, _Size, allocator<_Tp>&) [with _ForwardIterator = char*; _Size = long unsigned int; _Tp = char]' at gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:766:44, inlined from 'constexpr void std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::_M_default_append(size_type) [with _Tp = char; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>]' at gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/bits/vector.tcc:642:35, inlined from 'constexpr void std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::resize(size_type) [with _Tp = char; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>]' at gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/bits/stl_vector.h:1011:21, inlined from 'void f()' at <source>:8:13: gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/bits/stl_algobase.h:942:25: error: 'void* __builtin_memset(void*, int, long unsigned int)' writing 7 bytes into a region of size 4 overflows the destination [-Werror=stringop-overflow=] 942 | __builtin_memset(__first, static_cast<unsigned char>(__tmp), __len); | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/c++allocator.h:33, from gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/bits/allocator.h:46, from gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/vector:61: In member function '_Tp* std::__new_allocator<_Tp>::allocate(size_type, const void*) [with _Tp = char]', inlined from 'constexpr _Tp* std::allocator< <template-parameter-1-1> >::allocate(std::size_t) [with _Tp = char]' at gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/bits/allocator.h:183:40, inlined from 'static constexpr _Tp* std::allocator_traits<std::allocator<_Up> >::allocate(allocator_type&, size_type) [with _Tp = char]' at gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/bits/alloc_traits.h:464:28, inlined from 'constexpr std::_Vector_base<_Tp, _Alloc>::pointer std::_Vector_base<_Tp, _Alloc>::_M_allocate(std::size_t) [with _Tp = char; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>]' at gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/bits/stl_vector.h:378:33, inlined from 'constexpr void std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::_M_default_append(size_type) [with _Tp = char; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>]' at gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/bits/vector.tcc:650:45, inlined from 'constexpr void std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::resize(size_type) [with _Tp = char; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>]' at gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/bits/stl_vector.h:1011:21, inlined from 'void f()' at <source>:5:13: gcc-12.1.0/include/c++/12.1.0/bits/new_allocator.h:137:55: note: at offset [48, 52] into destination object of size 52 allocated by 'operator new' 137 | return static_cast<_Tp*>(_GLIBCXX_OPERATOR_NEW(__n * sizeof(_Tp))); | ^ cc1plus: some warnings being treated as errors
This looks to be fixed in GCC 13. I think there was a missed optimization which is being caught now. It would be interesting to know which patch fixed the warning (and missed optimization).