* expr.cc (store_expr): Identify trailing NULs in a STRING_CST initializer and use clear_storage rather than copying the NULs to the destination array. diff --git a/gcc/expr.cc b/gcc/expr.cc index 62297379ec9..f94d46b969c 100644 --- a/gcc/expr.cc +++ b/gcc/expr.cc @@ -6087,6 +6087,17 @@ store_expr (tree exp, rtx target, int call_param_p, } str_copy_len = TREE_STRING_LENGTH (str); + + /* Trailing NUL bytes in EXP will be handled by the call to + clear_storage, which is more efficient than copying them from + the STRING_CST, so trim those from STR_COPY_LEN. */ + while (str_copy_len) + { + if (TREE_STRING_POINTER (str)[str_copy_len - 1]) + break; + str_copy_len--; + } + if ((STORE_MAX_PIECES & (STORE_MAX_PIECES - 1)) == 0) { str_copy_len += STORE_MAX_PIECES - 1;