https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=78476
Martin Sebor <msebor at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |ASSIGNED Last reconfirmed| |2016-11-22 Assignee|unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org |msebor at gcc dot gnu.org Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #2 from Martin Sebor <msebor at gcc dot gnu.org> --- The test in comment #0 isn't quite right. The result of the snprintf call isn't 7 but rather at most 7 so the call cannot be easily eliminated. The following is a test case where the call can be, and with the attached patch is, eliminated. void f (void) { int n = 7; const char *s = "1234567"; if (n != __builtin_snprintf (0, 0, "%.*s", n, s)) __builtin_abort (); }