------- Additional Comments From amodra at bigpond dot net dot au 2005-09-06 00:37 ------- Yes, we get (ior:SI (lshiftrt:SI (subreg:SI (reg/v:DI 119 [ x ]) 4) (const_int 16 [0x10])) (subreg:SI (ashift:DI (reg/v:DI 119 [ x ]) (const_int 16 [0x10])) 4)) which doesn't match the test in simplify_logical to simplify to a rotate.
The second operand of ior has been "simplified" by simplify_shift_const from (ashift:SI (subreg:SI (reg/v:DI 119 [ x ]) 4) (const_int 16 [0x10])), which, if it was left that way, would allow a match. I think simplify_shift_const is OK in what it's doing, ie. it is a useful optimisation in other cases, so I'll see about matching the subreg pattern in simplify_logical. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21017