https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=96572
Bug ID: 96572 Summary: Failure to optimize out branch when it always results in UB from dereferencing a pointer to an undefined value set in there Product: gcc Version: 11.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: tree-optimization Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: gabravier at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- int f(int *p, bool cond) { int i; int *q; if (cond) q = &i; else q = p; return *q + *p; } This can be optimized to `return (*p) * 2;`. This transformation is done by LLVM, but not by GCC.