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          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
          bz_status_NEW "
   title="NEW - Missed optimization for value-init of variable-sized allocation"
   href="https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37351">37351</a>
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        <tr>
          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>Missed optimization for value-init of variable-sized allocation
          </td>
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        <tr>
          <th>Product</th>
          <td>clang
          </td>
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          <th>Version</th>
          <td>trunk
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>PC
          </td>
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        <tr>
          <th>OS</th>
          <td>Linux
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
          </td>
        </tr>

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          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>enhancement
          </td>
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        <tr>
          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>P
          </td>
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          <th>Component</th>
          <td>C++
          </td>
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>unassignedclangbugs@nondot.org
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        <tr>
          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>redbeard0531@gmail.com
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>CC</th>
          <td>dgregor@apple.com, llvm-bugs@lists.llvm.org
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        <pre><a href="https://godbolt.org/g/6yZEKf">https://godbolt.org/g/6yZEKf</a> (compiled with -O3)


char* variableSize(long n) {
    auto p = new char[n]();
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        p[i] = 0xff;
    }
    return p;
}

char* small() {
    return variableSize(8);
}

char* large() {
    return variableSize(10'000);
}


The variableSize() case generates two calls two memset with the second being
conditional on n > 0:

variableSize(long): # @variableSize(long)
  push r14
  push rbx
  push rax
  mov rbx, rdi
  call operator new[](unsigned long)
  mov r14, rax
  xor esi, esi
  mov rdi, rax
  mov rdx, rbx
  call memset
  test rbx, rbx
  jle .LBB0_2
  mov esi, 255
  mov rdi, r14
  mov rdx, rbx
  call memset
.LBB0_2:
  mov rax, r14
  add rsp, 8
  pop rbx
  pop r14
  ret

Note that when clang can see the allocation size it *does* elide the initial
memset:

small(): # @small()
  push rax
  mov edi, 8
  call operator new[](unsigned long)
  mov qword ptr [rax], -1
  pop rcx
  ret
large(): # @large()
  push rbx
  mov edi, 10000
  call operator new[](unsigned long)
  mov rbx, rax
  mov esi, 255
  mov edx, 10000
  mov rdi, rax
  call memset
  mov rax, rbx
  pop rbx
  ret</pre>
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