This patch adds an extra optimization to *cmp_doubleword to improve the code generated for comparisons against -1. Hypothetically, if a comparison against -1 reached this splitter we'd currently generate code that looks like: notq %rdx ; 3 bytes notq %rax ; 3 bytes orq %rdx, %rax ; 3 bytes setne %al With this patch we would instead generate the superior: andq %rdx, %rax ; 3 bytes cmpq $-1, %rax ; 4 bytes setne %al which is both faster and smaller, and also what's currently generated thanks to the middle-end splitting double word comparisons against zero and minus one during RTL expansion. Should that change, this would become a missed-optimization regression, but this patch also (potentially) helps suitable comparisons created by CSE and combine. This patch has been tested on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, on its own and in combination with a middle-end patch tweaking RTL expansion, both with and without --target-board=unix{-m32}, with no new failures. Ok for mainline? 2022-08-02 Roger Sayle gcc/ChangeLog * config/i386/i386.md (*cmp_doubleword): Add a special case to split comparisons against -1 using AND and CMP -1 instructions. Thanks again, Roger --