http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53265
--- Comment #5 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> 2013-03-11 14:14:06 UTC --- The following avoids the "miscompile" in these obvious cases: Index: gcc/tree-ssa-loop-niter.c =================================================================== --- gcc/tree-ssa-loop-niter.c (revision 196594) +++ gcc/tree-ssa-loop-niter.c (working copy) @@ -3345,6 +3345,18 @@ estimate_numbers_of_iterations_loop (str bound = gcov_type_to_double_int (nit); record_niter_bound (loop, bound, true, false); } + + /* If we know the exact number of iterations of this loop avoid all the + work below and most importantly do not break code with undefined + behavior by recording smaller maximum number of iterations. */ + niter = number_of_latch_executions (loop); + if (TREE_CODE (niter) == INTEGER_CST) + { + if (loop->any_upper_bound + && loop->nb_iterations_upper_bound.ucmp + (tree_to_double_int (niter)) < 0) + loop->nb_iterations_upper_bound = tree_to_double_int (niter); + } } /* Sets NIT to the estimated number of executions of the latch of the