http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52560
Richard Guenther <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords| |missed-optimization Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed| |2012-03-12 Component|c |tree-optimization Ever Confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #2 from Richard Guenther <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-03-12 13:22:32 UTC --- It certainly inlines the function, does not figures out the loop does not run and then computes n's value-range as is [0, +INF(OVF)] and thus when simplifying the return value comparison against -1 it says it assumes that n++ does not wrap. Looks ok to me, though it is all because of dead code and thus a missed VRP of some sort.