https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118360
Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org --- Comment #1 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- We expand from _1 = a_3(D) & 1; _7 = (long int) _1; _2 = (signed short) _7; _8 = _2 w* 8; _9 = b_4(D) ^ _8; but it's not the bit test that becomes a shift but the widening multiplication. So the issue is that we if-converted this conditional XOR of 8 to an unconditional XOR of (a&1) * 8. That's /* (zero_one != 0) ? z <op> y : y -> ((typeof(y))zero_one * z) <op> y */ (for op (bit_xor bit_ior plus) (simplify (cond (ne zero_one_valued_p@0 integer_zerop) (op:c @2 @1) @1) (if (INTEGRAL_TYPE_P (type) && TYPE_PRECISION (type) > 1 && (INTEGRAL_TYPE_P (TREE_TYPE (@0)))) (op (mult (convert:type @0) @2) @1)))) which assumes that setcc plus a mutliplication is cheaper than a jump. Similar to that other PR which shows aggressive if-conversion being bad for modes > word_mode. In this case it's even more difficult to argue that we can do the reverse transform at RTL expansion time. But sure, the user could have written b ^= (a&1) * 8; himself which would have been equally bad for AVR and not unlikely for general code (but probably unlikely for code targeting specifically AVR). Possibly the late if-conversion which allows more complex replacements should disable itself for modes a new target hook asks for (defaulting to modes > word_mode eventually).