https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=104839
--- Comment #5 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> --- This goes wrong during fwprop1. In #c3 testcase at -O2 in bar we have before fwprop1: (call_insn 6 2 7 2 (parallel [ (set (reg:DI 3 3) (call (mem:SI (symbol_ref:DI ("foo") [flags 0x3] <function_decl 0x7fb75851b400 foo>) [0 foo S4 A8]) (const_int 0 [0]))) (use (const_int 0 [0])) (clobber (reg:DI 96 lr)) ]) "pr104839.c":10:13 755 {*call_value_localdi} (expr_list:REG_CALL_DECL (symbol_ref:DI ("foo") [flags 0x3] <function_decl 0x7fb75851b400 foo>) (nil)) (expr_list (use (reg:DI 2 2)) (nil))) (insn 7 6 8 2 (set (reg:DI 126) (reg:DI 3 3)) "pr104839.c":10:13 670 {*movdi_internal64} (nil)) (insn 8 7 9 2 (set (reg/v:HI 119 [ i ]) (subreg/s/u:HI (reg:DI 126) 0)) "pr104839.c":10:13 552 {*movhi_internal} (nil)) (insn 9 8 10 2 (set (reg:SI 127) (sign_extend:SI (reg/v:HI 119 [ i ]))) "pr104839.c":11:6 25 {*extendhisi2} (nil)) (insn 10 9 11 2 (set (reg:SI 128) (const_int -2 [0xfffffffffffffffe])) "pr104839.c":11:6 546 {*movsi_internal1} (nil)) (insn 11 10 12 2 (set (reg:CC 129) (compare:CC (reg:SI 127) (reg:SI 128))) "pr104839.c":11:6 785 {*cmpsi_signed} (nil)) which looks good to me, the function returns signed short and ppc64{,le} ABI says that in that case the value is returned sign-extended into %r3. subreg/s/u stands for promoted sign-extended. But fwprop changes insns 8 to 11 into: (insn 11 7 12 2 (set (reg:CC 129) (compare:CC (subreg/s/v:SI (reg:DI 126) 0) (const_int -2 [0xfffffffffffffffe]))) "pr104839.c":11:6 785 {*cmpsi_signed} (nil)) where subreg/s/v stands for promoted zero-extended. That is wrong.