Hi! This is a non-C++ related part from the PR89074 address_compare changes. For "foo" == "foo" we already optimize this from the (cmp @0 @0) simplification, because we use operand_equal_p in that case and operand_equal_p also compares the STRING_CSTs bytes rather than just addresses.
Bootstrapped/regtested on x86_64-linux and i686-linux, ok for trunk? 2022-01-18 Jakub Jelinek <ja...@redhat.com> PR c++/89074 * fold-const.cc (address_compare): Consider different STRING_CSTs with the same lengths that memcmp the same as equal, not different. * gcc.dg/tree-ssa/pr89074.c: New test. --- gcc/fold-const.cc.jj 2022-01-18 13:25:08.057491249 +0100 +++ gcc/fold-const.cc 2022-01-18 13:53:26.106261913 +0100 @@ -16587,6 +16587,15 @@ address_compare (tree_code code, tree ty || TREE_CODE (base1) == SSA_NAME || TREE_CODE (base1) == STRING_CST)) equal = (base0 == base1); + /* Assume different STRING_CSTs with the same content will be + merged. */ + if (equal == 0 + && TREE_CODE (base0) == STRING_CST + && TREE_CODE (base1) == STRING_CST + && TREE_STRING_LENGTH (base0) == TREE_STRING_LENGTH (base1) + && memcmp (TREE_STRING_POINTER (base0), TREE_STRING_POINTER (base1), + TREE_STRING_LENGTH (base0)) == 0) + equal = 1; if (equal == 1) { if (code == EQ_EXPR --- gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/pr89074.c.jj 2022-01-18 18:42:05.125004996 +0100 +++ gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/pr89074.c 2022-01-18 18:43:39.249694890 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +/* PR c++/89074 */ +/* { dg-do compile } */ +/* { dg-options "-O2 -fdump-tree-optimized" } */ +/* { dg-final { scan-tree-dump "return 1;" "optimized" } } */ + +int +foo (void) +{ + const char *a = &"foo"[0]; + const char *b = "foo"; + return a == b; +} Jakub