https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=103439
Bug ID: 103439 Summary: genemit emits dead code Product: gcc Version: 12.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: middle-end Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org Target Milestone: --- Patterns like (define_expand "nearbyinthf2" [(match_operand:HF 0 "register_operand") (match_operand:HF 1 "nonimmediate_operand")] "TARGET_AVX512FP16" { emit_insn (gen_sse4_1_roundhf2 (operands[0], operands[1], GEN_INT (ROUND_MXCSR | ROUND_NO_EXC))); DONE; }) generate /* /home/rguenther/src/trunk/gcc/config/i386/i386.md:18636 */ rtx gen_nearbyinthf2 (rtx operand0, rtx operand1) { rtx_insn *_val = 0; start_sequence (); { rtx operands[2]; operands[0] = operand0; operands[1] = operand1; #define FAIL _Pragma ("GCC error \"nearbyinthf2 cannot FAIL\"") (void)0 #define DONE return (_val = get_insns (), end_sequence (), _val) #line 18640 "/home/rguenther/src/trunk/gcc/config/i386/i386.md" { emit_insn (gen_sse4_1_roundhf2 (operands[0], operands[1], GEN_INT (ROUND_MXCSR | ROUND_NO_EXC))); DONE; } #undef DONE #undef FAIL operand0 = operands[0]; (void) operand0; operand1 = operands[1]; (void) operand1; } emit (operand0, true); emit (operand1, false); _val = get_insns (); end_sequence (); return _val; } where the code after DONE is not reachable. With a proposed -Wunreachable-code-return this diagnoses most expander patterns. I'm not sure if there are valid cases where we have a mix of a direct RTL pattern and manual expansion, so where the { } part falls thru.