https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118360

Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

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--- 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).

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