[gcc r16-7030] PR middle-end/122348: ICE in store_constructor from flexible array member
Roger Sayle
sayle@gcc.gnu.org
Sun Jan 25 21:12:53 GMT 2026
https://gcc.gnu.org/g:9077e2067bc8667084745c7746b48d0e3e49b063
commit r16-7030-g9077e2067bc8667084745c7746b48d0e3e49b063
Author: Roger Sayle <roger@nextmovesoftware.com>
Date: Sun Jan 25 21:06:39 2026 +0000
PR middle-end/122348: ICE in store_constructor from flexible array member
This patch resolves PR middle-end/122348, an ICE caused by passing a
initialized structure containing a flexible array member by value.
The semantics in C99 (and since gcc 4.4) are that the zero sized array
at the end of the structure is ignored when passing by value. Hence
for the structure in the PR:
struct S {
int a;
int b[];
} s = { 0, { 42 } };
when passed by value, sizeof(s) is considered to be 4 bytes, and on
x86_64 passed in the 32-bit %edi register. Unfortunately, the code
in store_constructor isn't expecting initialized fields where the
type's DECL_SIZE is NULL, which leads to the ICE. Fixed by explicitly
ignoring fields where DECL_SIZE is NULL_TREE. On x86_64, passing "s"
now compiles to just:
f: xorl %edi, %edi
jmp foo
2026-01-25 Roger Sayle <roger@nextmovesoftware.com>
gcc/ChangeLog
PR middle-end/122348
* expr.cc (store_constructor): Ignore fields where DECL_SIZE
is NULL_TREE, i.e. flexible array members.
gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
PR middle-end/122348
* g++.dg/pr122348.C: New C++ testcase.
* gcc.dg/pr122348.c: New C testcase.
Diff:
---
gcc/expr.cc | 9 +++++++--
gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/pr122348.C | 13 +++++++++++++
gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr122348.c | 13 +++++++++++++
3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gcc/expr.cc b/gcc/expr.cc
index 70b4eda6df37..b6d593d09a2d 100644
--- a/gcc/expr.cc
+++ b/gcc/expr.cc
@@ -7579,8 +7579,13 @@ store_constructor (tree exp, rtx target, int cleared, poly_int64 size,
if (cleared && initializer_zerop (value))
continue;
- if (tree_fits_uhwi_p (DECL_SIZE (field)))
- bitsize = tree_to_uhwi (DECL_SIZE (field));
+ /* Variable sized arrays are ignored. */
+ tree decl_size = DECL_SIZE (field);
+ if (!decl_size)
+ continue;
+
+ if (tree_fits_uhwi_p (decl_size))
+ bitsize = tree_to_uhwi (decl_size);
else
gcc_unreachable ();
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/pr122348.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/pr122348.C
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4494ef4030d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/pr122348.C
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* middle-end/122348 */
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+/* { dg-options "-O2" } */
+
+struct S {
+ int a;
+ int b[];
+};
+const struct S s = { 0, { 42 } };
+void foo(struct S arg);
+void f(void) {
+ foo(s);
+}
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr122348.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr122348.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4494ef4030d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr122348.c
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* middle-end/122348 */
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+/* { dg-options "-O2" } */
+
+struct S {
+ int a;
+ int b[];
+};
+const struct S s = { 0, { 42 } };
+void foo(struct S arg);
+void f(void) {
+ foo(s);
+}
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