https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61409
--- Comment #14 from Manuel López-Ibáñez <manu at gcc dot gnu.org> --- And even simpler testcase: void *init(void); struct window { int line_height; int pixel_width; int pixel_height; int column_width; int text_cols; int internal_border_width; int left_fringe_width, right_fringe_width; } *rw; void bar() __attribute__((noreturn)); void f(int i, int j) { void *ptr; if (i) { if (j) return; /* bar(); */ ptr = init(); } rw->pixel_width = ((rw->text_cols * (rw->column_width)) + (rw->left_fringe_width + (rw->right_fringe_width)) + 2 * (rw->internal_border_width)); rw->pixel_height = ((rw->text_cols * (rw->line_height))); if (i) { rw=ptr; } } And the dump: f (intD.6 iD.1843, intD.6 jD.1844) { voidD.41 * ptrD.1847; struct window * rw.0_10; intD.6 _11; intD.6 _12; intD.6 _13; intD.6 _14; intD.6 _15; intD.6 _16; intD.6 _17; intD.6 _18; intD.6 _19; intD.6 _20; intD.6 _22; intD.6 _23; ;; basic block 2, loop depth 0, count 0, freq 10000, maybe hot ;; prev block 0, next block 9, flags: (NEW, REACHABLE) ;; pred: ENTRY [100.0%] (FALLTHRU,EXECUTABLE) ;; starting at line 17 [test.c:17:8] if (i_4(D) != 0) goto <bb 3>; else goto <bb 9>; ;; succ: 3 [50.0%] (TRUE_VALUE,EXECUTABLE) ;; 9 [50.0%] (FALSE_VALUE,EXECUTABLE) ;; basic block 9, loop depth 0, count 0, freq 5000, maybe hot ;; prev block 2, next block 3, flags: (NEW) ;; pred: 2 [50.0%] (FALSE_VALUE,EXECUTABLE) ;; goto <bb 6>; ;; succ: 6 [100.0%] (FALLTHRU) ;; basic block 3, loop depth 0, count 0, freq 5000, maybe hot ;; prev block 9, next block 10, flags: (NEW, REACHABLE) ;; pred: 2 [50.0%] (TRUE_VALUE,EXECUTABLE) ;; starting at line 19 [test.c:19:5] if (j_7(D) != 0) goto <bb 10>; else goto <bb 5>; ;; succ: 10 [61.0%] (TRUE_VALUE,EXECUTABLE) ;; 5 [39.0%] (FALSE_VALUE,EXECUTABLE) ;; basic block 10, loop depth 0, count 0, freq 3051, maybe hot ;; prev block 3, next block 4, flags: (NEW) ;; pred: 3 [61.0%] (TRUE_VALUE,EXECUTABLE) ;; ;; succ: 4 [100.0%] (FALLTHRU) ;; basic block 4, loop depth 0, count 0, freq 5761, maybe hot ;; prev block 10, next block 5, flags: (NEW) ;; pred: 10 [100.0%] (FALLTHRU) ;; 11 [100.0%] (FALLTHRU) ;; # .MEM_47 = PHI <.MEM_6(D)(10), .MEM_24(11)> goto <bb 8>; ;; succ: 8 [100.0%] (FALLTHRU,EXECUTABLE) ;; basic block 5, loop depth 0, count 0, freq 1949, maybe hot ;; prev block 4, next block 6, flags: (NEW, REACHABLE) ;; pred: 3 [39.0%] (FALSE_VALUE,EXECUTABLE) ;; starting at line 21 [test.c:21:6] # .MEM_8 = VDEF <.MEM_6(D)> # PT = nonlocal escaped # USE = nonlocal # CLB = nonlocal ptr_9 = initD.1831 (); ;; succ: 6 [100.0%] (FALLTHRU,EXECUTABLE) ;; basic block 6, loop depth 0, count 0, freq 6949, maybe hot ;; prev block 5, next block 11, flags: (NEW, REACHABLE) ;; pred: 9 [100.0%] (FALLTHRU) ;; 5 [100.0%] (FALLTHRU,EXECUTABLE) ;; starting at line 23 # PT = nonlocal escaped # ptr_1 = PHI <ptr_5(D)(9), [test.c:21:6] ptr_9(5)> # .MEM_2 = PHI <.MEM_6(D)(9), .MEM_8(5)> [test.c:23:27] # VUSE <.MEM_2> # PT = nonlocal escaped rw.0_10 = rwD.1841; [test.c:23:27] # VUSE <.MEM_2> _11 = [test.c:23:27] rw.0_10->text_colsD.1837; [test.c:23:44] # VUSE <.MEM_2> _12 = [test.c:23:44] rw.0_10->column_widthD.1836; [test.c:23:39] _13 = _11 * _12; [test.c:24:15] # VUSE <.MEM_2> _14 = [test.c:24:15] rw.0_10->left_fringe_widthD.1839; [test.c:24:40] # VUSE <.MEM_2> _15 = [test.c:24:40] rw.0_10->right_fringe_widthD.1840; [test.c:24:35] _16 = _14 + _15; [test.c:24:10] _17 = _13 + _16; [test.c:24:72] # VUSE <.MEM_2> _18 = [test.c:24:72] rw.0_10->internal_border_widthD.1838; [test.c:24:67] # RANGE [-2147483648, 2147483647] NONZERO 4294967294 _19 = _18 * 2; [test.c:24:63] _20 = _17 + _19; [test.c:23:21] # .MEM_21 = VDEF <.MEM_2> [test.c:23:7] rw.0_10->pixel_widthD.1834 = _20; [test.c:25:43] # VUSE <.MEM_21> _22 = [test.c:25:43] rw.0_10->line_heightD.1833; [test.c:25:38] _23 = _11 * _22; [test.c:25:20] # .MEM_24 = VDEF <.MEM_21> [test.c:25:5] rw.0_10->pixel_heightD.1835 = _23; [test.c:26:6] if (i_4(D) != 0) goto <bb 7>; else goto <bb 11>; ;; succ: 7 [61.0%] (TRUE_VALUE,EXECUTABLE) ;; 11 [39.0%] (FALSE_VALUE,EXECUTABLE) ;; basic block 11, loop depth 0, count 0, freq 2710, maybe hot ;; prev block 6, next block 7, flags: (NEW) ;; pred: 6 [39.0%] (FALSE_VALUE,EXECUTABLE) ;; goto <bb 4>; ;; succ: 4 [100.0%] (FALLTHRU) ;; basic block 7, loop depth 0, count 0, freq 4239, maybe hot ;; prev block 11, next block 8, flags: (NEW, REACHABLE) ;; pred: 6 [61.0%] (TRUE_VALUE,EXECUTABLE) ;; starting at line 28 [test.c:28:9] # .MEM_25 = VDEF <.MEM_24> rwD.1841 = ptr_1; ;; succ: 8 [100.0%] (FALLTHRU,EXECUTABLE) ;; basic block 8, loop depth 0, count 0, freq 10000, maybe hot ;; prev block 7, next block 1, flags: (NEW, REACHABLE) ;; pred: 4 [100.0%] (FALLTHRU,EXECUTABLE) ;; 7 [100.0%] (FALLTHRU,EXECUTABLE) ;; starting at line -1, discriminator 1 # .MEM_3 = PHI <.MEM_47(4), .MEM_25(7)> # VUSE <.MEM_3> return; ;; succ: EXIT [100.0%] } I don't really understand how the uninit pass computes the predicates, but when replacing the "return" with "bar()", it is able to see that "j != 0" is not part of the predicate guarding the def of ptr. Thus, somehow the analysis that works for a noreturn function fails for a normal return.