http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45397
--- Comment #10 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-03-02 09:48:17 UTC --- Another testcase: signed char a[1024], b[1024]; void baz (void) { int i, s, t; for (i = 0; i < 1024; i++) { s = a[i]; t = b[i]; s += t + 0x12345600; a[i] = s; } } The addition of constant we should be able to optimize away completely, but we don't.