https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=71264
--- Comment #10 from ro at CeBiTec dot Uni-Bielefeld.DE <ro at CeBiTec dot Uni-Bielefeld.DE> --- > --- Comment #9 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- > Does adding > > ptr = __builtin_assume_alinged (alignof (footype), ptr); > mask = __builtin_assume_aligned (alignof (footype), mask); > > help? The failure mode changes: if I spell it as ptr = __builtin_assume_aligned (ptr, __alignof__ (footype)); mask = __builtin_assume_aligned (mask, __alignof__ (footype)); the dump now has /vol/gcc/src/hg/trunk/local/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/vect/pr71264.c:14:3: note: not vectorized: vector stmt in loop:_16 = VIEW_CONVERT_EXPR<vector(4) unsigned char>(_15); /vol/gcc/src/hg/trunk/local/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/vect/pr71264.c:14:3: note: can't determine vectorization factor. /vol/gcc/src/hg/trunk/local/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/vect/pr71264.c:7:6: note: vectorized 0 loops in function. Rainer