https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99862
--- Comment #7 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to Zhendong Su from comment #2) > [659] % gcctk -O1 -S -o O1.s small.c > [660] % gcctk -O3 -S -o O3.s small.c > [661] % > [661] % wc O1.s O3.s > 40 86 599 O1.s > 68 138 1047 O3.s > 108 224 1646 total > [662] % > [662] % grep foo O1.s > [663] % grep foo O3.s > call foo > [664] % > [664] % cat small.c > extern void foo(void); > int a, b, *c; > static void d(int f) { > if (f) > foo(); > } > static int e(int f) { > int g[] = {2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2}; > int h[60]; > h[0] = g != c; > if (b) > while (a) { > int *i[1] = {&h[6]}; > } > return f; > } > static int *j(int *p) { return 0; } > int main () { > int m = e(0); > d(m); > int l[8]; > if (j(l)) > while (1) > ; > return 0; > } This is a case similar to PR99991, we create a IPA CP clone and fail to inline that at -O3 while we are happy to IPA inline e() at -O1.