https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=106602
--- Comment #10 from Vineet Gupta <vineetg at rivosinc dot com> --- At expand time, RV backend was NOT creating REQ_EQUAL note for 1 << 38 (insn 8 7 9 2 (set (reg:DI 79) (ashift:DI (reg:DI 78) (const_int 38 [0x26]))) "../../../shifter.c":10:40 -1 However cse1 adds it anyways, so that was a false alarm. (insn 8 7 9 2 (set (reg:DI 79) (ashift:DI (reg:DI 78) (const_int 38 [0x26]))) "../../../../shifter.c":10:40 159 {ashldi3} (expr_list:REG_EQUAL (const_int 274877906944 [0x4000000000]) So when entering combine, we have following (insn 6 3 7 2 (set (reg:DI 76) (ashift:DI (reg/v:DI 74 [ a ]) (const_int 6 [0x6]))) (insn 7 6 8 2 (set (reg:DI 78) (const_int 1 [0x1])) (insn 8 7 9 2 (set (reg:DI 79) (ashift:DI (reg:DI 78) (const_int 38 [0x26]))) (expr_list:REG_EQUAL (const_int 274877906944 [0x4000000000]) (insn 9 8 10 2 (set (reg:DI 77) (plus:DI (reg:DI 79) (const_int -64 [0xffffffffffffffc0]))) (expr_list:REG_EQUAL (const_int 274877906880 [0x3fffffffc0]) (insn 10 9 15 2 (set (reg:DI 75) (and:DI (reg:DI 76) (reg:DI 77))) Obviously the regular code flow can't merge/match 5. The trailing note processing in combine replaces the pattern with available set REG_EQUAL but it only handles two instructions at a time. This issue needs it to handle three: insn 9, 10, 6 Perhaps we need to do the REQ_EQUAL note handling not seperately in the end, but as part of each of 2 insn combine / 3 insn combine / 4 insn combine (after the regular try_combine() fails for each of them ?