https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65962
Bug ID: 65962 Summary: Missed vectorization of strided stores Product: gcc Version: 5.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Keywords: missed-optimization Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: middle-end Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: alalaw01 at gcc dot gnu.org Target Milestone: --- This does not vectorize at -O3 on x86_64/-mavx or aarch64: int loop (int *data) { int tot = 0; for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++) data[i * 2] += 7; return tot; } -fdump-tree-vect-details reveals: loadstore.c:6:3: note: === vect_analyze_data_ref_accesses === loadstore.c:6:3: note: Detected single element interleaving *_8 step 8 loadstore.c:6:3: note: Data access with gaps requires scalar epilogue loop loadstore.c:6:3: note: not consecutive access *_8 = _10; loadstore.c:6:3: note: not vectorized: complicated access pattern. loadstore.c:6:3: note: bad data access. However, a similar testcase that only reads from those locations, vectorizes ok: int loop_12 (int *data) { int tot = 0; for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++) tot += data[i * 2]; return tot; } blocksort.c:6:3: note: === vect_analyze_data_ref_accesses === blocksort.c:6:3: note: Detected single element interleaving *_7 step 8 blocksort.c:6:3: note: Data access with gaps requires scalar epilogue loop