https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101501
--- Comment #5 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- # of iterations (a_lsm.5_10 * 52) / 52, bounded by 63 is obviously wrong with a_lsm.5_10 being a 'char', that boils down to zero iterations when computed at runtime. The loop body looks like <bb 3> [local count: 1073741824]: # a_3 = PHI <a_5(2), a_6(5)> d: a_6 = a_3 + 255; c_7 = a_3 * 52; if (c_7 != 0) goto <bb 5>; [89.00%] else goto <bb 4>; [11.00%] <bb 5> [local count: 955630224]: goto <bb 3>; [100.00%] and SCEV computes (scalar = c_7) (scalar_evolution = {a_5 * 52, +, 204}_1)) which looks correct. niter compute does static bool number_of_iterations_ne (class loop *loop, tree type, affine_iv *iv, tree final, class tree_niter_desc *niter, bool exit_must_be_taken, bounds *bnds) { ... /* Compute no-overflow information for the control iv. This can be proven when below two conditions are satisfied: 1) IV evaluates toward FINAL at beginning, i.e: base <= FINAL ; step > 0 base >= FINAL ; step < 0 2) |FINAL - base| is an exact multiple of step. ... if (!niter->control.no_overflow && (integer_onep (s) || multiple_of_p (type, c, s))) { and there we have the issue of multiple_of_p not handling overflow (there's a duplicate bug, PR100499 about this issue). The 1) condition ends up as unsigned-val >= 0 which is trivially true.