https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83338
--- Comment #6 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> --- This works for me, but I'll leave testcase and testing for tomorrow. --- gcc/tree-vect-stmts.c.jj 2017-12-08 12:21:58.000000000 +0100 +++ gcc/tree-vect-stmts.c 2017-12-09 00:55:17.614147824 +0100 @@ -5226,7 +5226,7 @@ vectorizable_operation (gimple *stmt, gi stmt_vec_info stmt_info = vinfo_for_stmt (stmt); tree vectype; loop_vec_info loop_vinfo = STMT_VINFO_LOOP_VINFO (stmt_info); - enum tree_code code; + enum tree_code code, orig_code; machine_mode vec_mode; tree new_temp; int op_type; @@ -5264,7 +5264,7 @@ vectorizable_operation (gimple *stmt, gi if (TREE_CODE (gimple_assign_lhs (stmt)) != SSA_NAME) return false; - code = gimple_assign_rhs_code (stmt); + orig_code = code = gimple_assign_rhs_code (stmt); /* For pointer addition and subtraction, we should use the normal plus and minus for the vector operation. */ @@ -5455,6 +5455,14 @@ vectorizable_operation (gimple *stmt, gi /* Handle def. */ vec_dest = vect_create_destination_var (scalar_dest, vectype); + /* POINTER_DIFF_EXPR has pointer arguments which are vectorized as + vectors with unsigned elements, but the result is signed. So, we + need to compute the MINUS_EXPR into vectype temporary and + VIEW_CONVERT_EXPR it into the final vectype_out result. */ + tree vec_cvt_dest = NULL_TREE; + if (orig_code == POINTER_DIFF_EXPR) + vec_cvt_dest = vect_create_destination_var (scalar_dest, vectype_out); + /* In case the vectorization factor (VF) is bigger than the number of elements that we can fit in a vectype (nunits), we have to generate more than one vector stmt - i.e - we need to "unroll" the @@ -5546,6 +5554,15 @@ vectorizable_operation (gimple *stmt, gi new_temp = make_ssa_name (vec_dest, new_stmt); gimple_assign_set_lhs (new_stmt, new_temp); vect_finish_stmt_generation (stmt, new_stmt, gsi); + if (vec_cvt_dest) + { + new_temp = build1 (VIEW_CONVERT_EXPR, vectype_out, new_temp); + new_stmt = gimple_build_assign (vec_cvt_dest, VIEW_CONVERT_EXPR, + new_temp); + new_temp = make_ssa_name (vec_cvt_dest, new_stmt); + gimple_assign_set_lhs (new_stmt, new_temp); + vect_finish_stmt_generation (stmt, new_stmt, gsi); + } if (slp_node) SLP_TREE_VEC_STMTS (slp_node).quick_push (new_stmt); }