https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=114206
Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Ever confirmed|0 |1 Last reconfirmed| |2024-03-04 --- Comment #6 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- So we simplify this and RTL expand from int f (int t, const int * a) { const int b[4]; _Bool _1; int _8; <bb 2> [local count: 1073741824]: if (t_3(D) == 0) goto <bb 3>; [49.25%] else goto <bb 4>; [50.75%] <bb 3> [local count: 528857912]: <bb 4> [local count: 1073741824]: # a_11 = PHI <a_5(D)(2), &b(3)> _1 = &b == a_11; _8 = (int) _1; b ={v} {CLOBBER(eos)}; return _8; We apply tail-recursion optimization here which coalescs both slots which are used just by their address. IIRC tail-recursion analysis uses alias analysis to be able to handle some cases where TREE_ADDRESSABLE vars are passed. We miss considering variables live that are passed by reference (but otherwise are "unused"). As you needed to cut off quite some optimizations to early simplify the b == a compare this is a bit academic or needs much more obfuscation of the compare to actually matter. But yes, it's a bug.