Fortran subroutine arguments should be marked as __restrict__. Currently, the following code isn't vectorized:
$ cat loopsum.f90 subroutine foo(a,b,c,n) real, dimension(n), intent(in) :: a,b real, dimension(n), intent(out) :: c do i=1,n c(i) = a(i)+b(i) end do end $ gfortran -O -S -ftree-vectorize -ftree-vectorizer-verbose=5 loopsum.f90 loopsum.f90:4: note: not vectorized: can't determine dependence between: (*a_18) [D.527_17] and (*c_25)[D.527_17] loopsum.f90:1: note: vectorized 0 loops in function. $ gfortran -v Using built-in specs. Target: ia64-unknown-linux-gnu Configured with: ../gcc-4.1-20050508/configure --prefix=/home/zfkts --enable- languages=c,f95 Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.0 20050508 (experimental) -- Summary: mark subroutine arguments __restrict__ Product: gcc Version: 4.1.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Keywords: missed-optimization Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: tkoenig at gcc dot gnu dot org CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21470