http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56608
--- Comment #4 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> 2013-03-13 10:43:23 UTC --- Ick. SLP replaces scale_51 = sqrt (_50); with scale_51 = 0.0; but has not eliminated all uses of it. I have a simple fix, but really I see no reason why DCE should not be able to remove the scalar calls given /* We only handle functions that do not read or clobber memory -- i.e. const or novops ones. */ if (!(gimple_call_flags (call) & (ECF_CONST | ECF_NOVOPS))) return NULL_TREE;