https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=64541
--- Comment #3 from rguenther at suse dot de <rguenther at suse dot de> --- On Wed, 14 Jan 2015, skvadrik at gmail dot com wrote: > https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=64541 > > --- Comment #2 from Ulya <skvadrik at gmail dot com> --- > > we have to assume that p == q and thus the store to *q invalidates the > > previously load *p > > I see. > It seemed to me from GIMPLE dumps that both cases are equally easy to > optimize, > perhaps I'm missing something. 1: _6 = *p_2(D); *q_7(D) = _6; _9 = *q_7(D); _10 = *_9; it's easy to see that the load _9 = *q_7(D) results in _6. 2: *p_2(D) = _4; _6 = *p_2(D); *q_7(D) = _6; _9 = *p_2(D); _10 = *_9; not so much here for the load _9 = *p_2(D) as I explained (the store *q_7(D) = _6 aliases it)