Vladimir Simonov writes: > The attached test case can be built by compile.sh. > It produces two binaries - test_bin_bad & test_bin_good. > > test_bin_good prints "Hello word" before exit. > test_bin_bad crashes. > > The difference is the only -O2 used while test_bin_bad build. > > The symptoms are the same - incorrect esp usage in caller > after call function returning object. > > We reproduced the bug in gcc 4.1.0/4.1.1/4.1.2 > gcc 3.x can't compile the sources. OK, we're getting closer. Unfortunately, your test case includes a ton of system headers for one particular system/version of gcc, and it also includes a lot of library code not used in your test case. Fillet that, and you will have a test case that can be submitted. Andrew.