PING: [PATCH v1 0/1] Handle variable-length vector types in store_constructor

[Christopher Bazley]

Hi,

This small change was split from the patch series '[PATCH v11 00/12] 
Extend BB SLP vectorization to use predicated tails' as requested by 
Richard B. in this email: 
https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc-patches/cafiyyc210cha8jaywrtwg__9w4uhaatvaicbuaskox7daq7...@mail.gmail.com/

On 16/06/2026 17:12, Christopher Bazley via Sourceware Forge wrote:
Christopher Bazley (chris.bazley) <chris.baz...@arm.com>) commented on the code:


+++ gcc/expr.cc
@@ -8078,0 +8082,4 @@
+           else
+             {
+               /* Handle variable-length vector types.  */
+               icode = convert_optab_handler (vec_init_optab, mode, eltmode);
The requested assertion that icode != CODE_FOR_nothing cannot be added.
See 
https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc-patches/4d97ec3d-713e-485b-8eda-388d646be...@arm.com/


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https://forge.sourceware.org/gcc/gcc-TEST/pulls/177#issuecomment-6339

I have since created PR 125941 for the issue of bad code generation
triggered by RUNTESTFLAGS="aarch64-sve-acle.exp=cops_bool.c":
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=125941

Since bad code generation is an existing issue, I do not think it need 
block this patch.

Thanks,
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Christopher Bazley
Staff Software Engineer, GNU Tools Team.
Arm Ltd, 110 Fulbourn Road, Cambridge, CB1 9NJ, UK.
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