https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61515
--- Comment #21 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- So to recap - apart from really fixing the quadraticness - it would be nice if we can just disable threading over backedges at -O1, thus for !flag_expensive_optimizations. Especially on the 4.9 branch.