https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=68621
Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed| |2016-03-01 Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #2 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- You can change the testcase to __attribute__((aligned (32))) float array[LEN] = {}; which makes it not require -fno-common either and it should work with -fpic then (double-check).