This patch addresses PR rtl-optimization/96692 on x86_64, by providing a define_split for combine to convert the three operation ((A|B)^C)^D into a two operation sequence using andn when either A or B is the same register as C or D. This is essentially a reassociation problem that's only a win if the target supports an and-not instruction (as with -mbmi). Hence for the new test case: int f(int a, int b, int c) { return (a ^ b) ^ (a | c); } GCC on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu wth -O2 -mbmi would previously generate: xorl %edi, %esi orl %edx, %edi movl %esi, %eax xorl %edi, %eax ret but with this patch now generates: andn %edx, %edi, %eax xorl %esi, %eax ret I'll investigate whether this optimization can also be implemented more generically in simplify_rtx when the backend provides accurate rtx_costs for "(and (not ..." (as there's no optab for andn). This patch has been tested on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu with make bootstrap and make -k check, both with and without --target_board=unix{-m32}, with no new failures. Ok for mainline? 2022-06-26 Roger Sayle gcc/ChangeLog PR rtl-optimization/96692 * config/i386/i386.md (define_split): Split ((A | B) ^ C) ^ D as (X & ~Y) ^ Z on target BMI when either C or D is A or B. gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog PR rtl-optimization/96692 * gcc.target/i386/bmi-andn-4.c: New test case. Thanks in advance, Roger --