https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=43892
--- Comment #33 from Segher Boessenkool <segher at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to Andrew Pinski from comment #32) > So it is more about the back-end of PowerPC at this point. For the testcase === typedef unsigned int u32; typedef unsigned long long u64; u32 f(u32 a, u32 b) { u32 s = a + b; if (a + b < b) s++; return s; } u32 g(u32 *p, u32 n) { u32 s = 0; while (n--) s = f(s, *p++); return s; } u32 g4(u32 *p) { u32 s = 0; s = f(s, *p++); s = f(s, *p++); s = f(s, *p++); s = f(s, *p++); return s; } u32 h4(u32 *p) { u64 s = 0; s += *p++;imple s += *p++; s += *p++; s += *p++; s = (s >> 32) + (u32)s; s = (s >> 32) + (u32)s; return s; } === ... GCC does not do anything with ADD_OVERFLOW. But all *do* compile to reasonable code (albeit not optimal). So no, you cannot say Gimple is super here and it is all the backend's fault :-)