http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58805
--- Comment #12 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to vries from comment #10) > I've tried out the example from comment 9. > > Tree-tail-merge considers the statements without effect because: > ... > (gdb) call debug_gimple_stmt (stmt) > # .MEM_10 = VDEF <.MEM_3(D)> > __asm__("movq $42, %0 > movq %0, %1 > " : "t" "=&r" t_8, "r" "=r" *x_4(D)); > (gdb) call gimple_has_side_effects (stmt) > $2 = false > ... > and tree-ssa-tail-merge.c:stmt_local_def will return true. > > The side effect of the asm is in the expression for the output operand, so > gimple_has_side_effects should return true. No it shouldn't. It should return true if the stmt has side-effects that are _not_ explicit in the statement. This side-effect is explicitely there.