https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88775
--- Comment #7 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- So after the patch we have __x.5_4 = (long unsigned int) "hello"; __y.6_5 = (long unsigned int) _3; if (__x.5_4 != __y.6_5) goto <bb 3>; [75.00%] else goto <bb 4>; [25.00%] <bb 3> [local count: 805306369]: __builtin_memcpy (_3, "hello", 5); goto <bb 14>; [100.00%] <bb 4> [local count: 268435456]: if (_3 >= &MEM[(void *)"hello" + 5B]) goto <bb 5>; [50.00%] else goto <bb 6>; [50.00%] where we fail to elide this condition. Well, in theory "hello" could be followed by "hello", thus in .str "hello\0hello\0" and thus the condition could be true. Somehow w/o the libstdc++ patch this condition either doesn't appear or is elided.