On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 12:29:49PM +0200, Richard Biener wrote:
> > PS What would be a good way to arrange for the VRP pass to run before
> > the object size pass so that the latter can benefit more from range
> > information? As an experiment I added another instance of the VRP
> > pass before the object size pass in passes.def and that worked, but
> > I suspect that running VRP a third time isn't optimal.
As I said in PR77606, I have strong doubts about desirability of using VRP
info for __builtin_object_size computation. VRP is an optimization that
assumes undefined behavior does not happen, __builtin_object_size is
typically used to catch undefined behavior, so pretty much assumes undefined
behavior can happen. So, the __builtin_object_size computations should
prove no other value can appear in any program invocation, rather than
just any valid program invocation. Sure, it is a best effort, with
possibility to return "unknown" or conservatively correct answers, but using
VRP info is IMHO already too much.
Jakub
