https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=96603
Bug ID: 96603 Summary: Failure to optimize memcmp out for more than one byte Product: gcc Version: 11.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: tree-optimization Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: gabravier at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- int f(const void *s1, const void *s2) { return memcmp(s1, s2, 2); } This can be optimized to `loadbe16(s1) - loadbe16(s2)` (where loadbe16 is a function that read a 16-bit big endian number). This transformation is done by LLVM, but not by GCC.