https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19831

--- Comment #24 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Marc Glisse from comment #16)
> Some more transformations for the list:
> 
> p = malloc (n);
> memcpy (p, q, m);
> free (q);
> 
> ==>
> 
> p = realloc (q, n);
> 
> it isn't equivalent, in particular it could be slower if m is much smaller
> than what q points to, but I think it should generally be safe and
> profitable. Doing it without the memcpy is more questionable.


This is also https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/128587 .

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