DCE tries to delete dead stores to local data and also tries to insert debug binds for simple cases:
/* If this is a store into a variable that is being optimized away, add a debug bind stmt if possible. */ if (MAY_HAVE_DEBUG_BIND_STMTS && gimple_assign_single_p (stmt) && is_gimple_val (gimple_assign_rhs1 (stmt))) { tree lhs = gimple_assign_lhs (stmt); if ((VAR_P (lhs) || TREE_CODE (lhs) == PARM_DECL) && !DECL_IGNORED_P (lhs) && is_gimple_reg_type (TREE_TYPE (lhs)) && !is_global_var (lhs) && !DECL_HAS_VALUE_EXPR_P (lhs)) { tree rhs = gimple_assign_rhs1 (stmt); gdebug *note = gimple_build_debug_bind (lhs, unshare_expr (rhs), stmt); gsi_insert_after (i, note, GSI_SAME_STMT); } } But this doesn't help for things like "print *ptr" when ptr points to the local variable (tests Og-dce-1.c and Og-dce-2.c). It also tends to make the *live* -- and thus useful -- values optimised out, because we can't yet switch back to tracking the memory location as it evolves over time (test Og-dce-3.c). So for -Og I think it'd be better not to delete any stmts with vdefs for now. This also means that we can avoid the potentially expensive vop walks (which already have a cut-off, but still). The patch also fixes the Og failures in gcc.dg/guality/pr54970.c (PR 86638). Tested on aarch64-linux-gnu and x86_64-linux-gnu. OK to install? Richard 2019-07-07 Richard Sandiford <richard.sandif...@arm.com> gcc/ PR debug/86638 * tree-ssa-dce.c (keep_all_vdefs_p): New function. (mark_stmt_if_obviously_necessary): Mark all stmts with vdefs as necessary if keep_all_vdefs_p is true. (mark_aliased_reaching_defs_necessary): Add a gcc_checking_assert that keep_all_vdefs_p is false. (mark_all_reaching_defs_necessary): Likewise. (propagate_necessity): Skip the vuse scan if keep_all_vdefs_p is true. gcc/testsuite/ * c-c++-common/guality/Og-dce-1.c: New test. * c-c++-common/guality/Og-dce-2.c: Likewise. * c-c++-common/guality/Og-dce-3.c: Likewise. Index: gcc/tree-ssa-dce.c =================================================================== --- gcc/tree-ssa-dce.c 2019-06-29 17:20:49.000000000 +0100 +++ gcc/tree-ssa-dce.c 2019-07-07 10:34:47.616717593 +0100 @@ -115,6 +115,14 @@ #define STMT_NECESSARY GF_PLF_1 static int *bb_postorder; +/* True if we should treat any stmt with a vdef as necessary. */ + +static inline bool +keep_all_vdefs_p () +{ + return optimize_debug; +} + /* If STMT is not already marked necessary, mark it, and add it to the worklist if ADD_TO_WORKLIST is true. */ @@ -311,6 +319,12 @@ mark_stmt_if_obviously_necessary (gimple return; } + if (gimple_vdef (stmt) && keep_all_vdefs_p ()) + { + mark_stmt_necessary (stmt, true); + return; + } + return; } @@ -526,6 +540,9 @@ mark_aliased_reaching_defs_necessary_1 ( static void mark_aliased_reaching_defs_necessary (gimple *stmt, tree ref) { + /* Should have been caught before calling this function. */ + gcc_checking_assert (!keep_all_vdefs_p ()); + unsigned int chain; ao_ref refd; gcc_assert (!chain_ovfl); @@ -599,6 +616,8 @@ mark_all_reaching_defs_necessary_1 (ao_r static void mark_all_reaching_defs_necessary (gimple *stmt) { + /* Should have been caught before calling this function. */ + gcc_checking_assert (!keep_all_vdefs_p ()); walk_aliased_vdefs (NULL, gimple_vuse (stmt), mark_all_reaching_defs_necessary_1, NULL, &visited); } @@ -798,6 +817,10 @@ propagate_necessity (bool aggressive) if (!use) continue; + /* No need to search for vdefs if we intrinsicly keep them all. */ + if (keep_all_vdefs_p ()) + continue; + /* If we dropped to simple mode make all immediately reachable definitions necessary. */ if (chain_ovfl) Index: gcc/testsuite/c-c++-common/guality/Og-dce-1.c =================================================================== --- /dev/null 2019-06-14 15:59:19.298479944 +0100 +++ gcc/testsuite/c-c++-common/guality/Og-dce-1.c 2019-07-07 10:34:47.612717625 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +/* { dg-do run } */ +/* { dg-options "-g" } */ + +int *__attribute__((noipa)) consume (int *ptr) { return ptr; } + +int +main (void) +{ + int x; + int *volatile ptr = consume (&x); + x = 0; + x = 1; /* { dg-final { gdb-test . "*ptr" "0" } } */ + return 0; /* { dg-final { gdb-test . "*ptr" "1" } } */ +} Index: gcc/testsuite/c-c++-common/guality/Og-dce-2.c =================================================================== --- /dev/null 2019-06-14 15:59:19.298479944 +0100 +++ gcc/testsuite/c-c++-common/guality/Og-dce-2.c 2019-07-07 10:34:47.612717625 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +/* { dg-do run } */ +/* { dg-options "-g" } */ + +struct s { int a, b, c, d; }; + +struct s gs1 = { 1, 2, 3, 4 }; +struct s gs2 = { 5, 6, 7, 8 }; + +struct s *__attribute__((noipa)) consume (struct s *ptr) { return ptr; } + +int +main (void) +{ + struct s x; + struct s *volatile ptr = consume (&x); + x = gs1; + x = gs2; /* { dg-final { gdb-test . "ptr->a" "1" } } */ + return 0; /* { dg-final { gdb-test . "ptr->a" "5" } } */ +} Index: gcc/testsuite/c-c++-common/guality/Og-dce-3.c =================================================================== --- /dev/null 2019-06-14 15:59:19.298479944 +0100 +++ gcc/testsuite/c-c++-common/guality/Og-dce-3.c 2019-07-07 10:34:47.612717625 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +/* { dg-do run } */ +/* { dg-options "-g" } */ + +struct s { int a, b, c, d; }; + +struct s gs1 = { 1, 2, 3, 4 }; +struct s gs2 = { 5, 6, 7, 8 }; + +volatile int amount = 10; + +int __attribute__((noipa)) +foo (int count) +{ + struct s x; + x = gs1; + x = gs2; + for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) + { + x.a += amount; + x.b += amount; + x.c += amount; + x.d += amount; + } + return x.a + x.b + x.c + x.d; + /* { dg-final { gdb-test .-1 "x.a" "105" } } */ + /* { dg-final { gdb-test .-2 "x.b" "106" } } */ + /* { dg-final { gdb-test .-3 "x.c" "107" } } */ + /* { dg-final { gdb-test .-4 "x.d" "108" } } */ +} + +int +main (void) +{ + foo (10); + return 0; +}