https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=64829
--- Comment #6 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- In fact we recognize a widening shift but it gets dropped on the floor: t.c:48:2: note: ------>vectorizing statement: result_15 = val0_14 << 4; t.c:48:2: note: ------>vectorizing statement: _17 = val1_16(D) - val0_14; huh? The issue that we hit is that we vectorized the def of val0_14 with ncopies == 1 but now require two copies of it when vectorizing val1_16(D) - val0_14. So maybe the shift issue is unrelated. Sofar we have vect__13.17_155 = MEM[(const Uint8 *)vectp_pCornerPoint0.15_153]; _13 = *pCornerPoint0_48; vect__41.18_156 = [vec_unpack_lo_expr] vect__13.17_155; vect__41.18_157 = [vec_unpack_hi_expr] vect__13.17_155; val0_14 = (Sint32) _13; Thus we widen a char load to an int but the vectorized version widens to an unsigned short only. That's probably because of the consumer result_15 = val0_14 << 4; which was pattern detected as widening shift. But unfortunately that isn't the only one and we forgot _17 = val1_16(D) - val0_14; which then results in the ICE. Index: gcc/tree-vect-patterns.c =================================================================== --- gcc/tree-vect-patterns.c (revision 220205) +++ gcc/tree-vect-patterns.c (working copy) @@ -1732,9 +1732,11 @@ vect_recog_widen_shift_pattern (vec<gimp if (TREE_CODE (oprnd0) != SSA_NAME || TREE_CODE (oprnd1) != INTEGER_CST) return NULL; - /* Check operand 0: it has to be defined by a type promotion. */ - if (!type_conversion_p (oprnd0, last_stmt, false, &half_type0, &def_stmt0, - &promotion) + /* Check operand 0: it has to be defined by a type promotion and it + should be only used by the shift. */ + if (!has_single_use (oprnd0) + || !type_conversion_p (oprnd0, last_stmt, false, &half_type0, &def_stmt0, + &promotion) || !promotion) return NULL;