[Bug tree-optimization/95663] static_cast checks for null even when the pointer is dereferenced

["rguenther at suse dot de" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org>]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=95663

--- Comment #8 from rguenther at suse dot de <rguenther at suse dot de> ---
On Mon, 15 Jun 2020, redi at gcc dot gnu.org wrote:

> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=95663
> 
> --- Comment #7 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
> So yes, the static_cast should evaluate to zero,

Thanks for the clarification.

> but if it's followed by a
> dereference then it seems reasonable to expect -fdelete-null-pointer-checks to
> optimize away the handling for zero.

-fdelete-null-pointer-checks optimizes NULL pointer checks _after_ a
dereference.  This case is first checking and then dereferencing.
GCC sees

  <bb 2> [local count: 1073741824]:
  if (base_2(D) != 0B)
    goto <bb 3>; [70.00%]
  else
    goto <bb 4>; [30.00%]

  <bb 3> [local count: 751619278]:
  iftmp.1_3 = base_2(D) + 18446744073709551612;

  <bb 4> [local count: 1073741824]:
  # iftmp.1_1 = PHI <iftmp.1_3(3), 0B(2)>
  _5 = MEM[(int *)iftmp.1_1 + 4B];

in getter().  So this is more about if-conversion or in the GCC
case path isolation where I'd actually question that
MEM[0B + 4B] is an "obvious" null pointer dereference ;)
It's more obvious in the IL for field():

  <bb 2> [local count: 1073741824]:
  if (base_2(D) != 0B)                                                          
    goto <bb 3>; [70.00%]
  else                                                                          
    goto <bb 4>; [30.00%]

  <bb 3> [local count: 751619278]:
  iftmp.0_3 = base_2(D) + 18446744073709551612;                                 

  <bb 4> [local count: 1073741824]:                                             
  # iftmp.0_1 = PHI <iftmp.0_3(3), 0B(2)>
  _5 = iftmp.0_1->D.2309.y;                               

but my point is I guess that the C++ FE has a more "native"
view of this and should maybe elide the NULL pointer check
when the static_cast is dereferenced.  Because eliding the
check and isolating the (not NULL!) dereference is sth
different.