https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89104

--- Comment #6 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Wilco from comment #5)
> I agree backend specific warnings are not ideal but it's unclear whether a
> better solution exists beyond just not emitting these warnings at all and
> letting the user figure it out.

I'd say it belongs to -fopt-info or similar stuff, when one wants to
investigate why something isn't vectorized etc.

> However the key question is why do testcases which do not specifically test
> for a specific warning fail if an extra warning is emitted? That's
> completely harmless in most cases.

That is the standard behavior of most of the testsuites (except for
gcc.c-torture/* which uses -w), and it is a good idea to FAIL for unexpected
warnings.

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