[Bug tree-optimization/50717] [4.7 Regression] Silent code gen fault with incorrect widening of multiply

[ams at gcc dot gnu.org]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50717

Andrew Stubbs <ams at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

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   Last reconfirmed|                            |2011-10-14
         AssignedTo|unassigned at gcc dot       |ams at gcc dot gnu.org
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--- Comment #5 from Andrew Stubbs <ams at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-10-14 15:25:49 UTC ---
I think I've identified the issue.

Basically, we *want* to recognise cases like these:

  int
  f1 (signed char a, signed char b, int c)
  {
    return (short)(a * b) + c;
  }

  long long
  f2 (short a, short b, long long c)
  {
    return (a * b) + c;
  }

  long long
  f3 (char a, char b, long long c)
  {
    return (a * b) + c;
  }

These have an extend between the multiply and plus operations, and the old
implementation couldn't cope with that.

The problem is that I've all caught all the cases where the user wanted (or C
standard requires) that the multiply product be truncated.

The solution then is to only convert to widening multiply when we can prove the
operation will never overflow.

I'll post a patch soon.