------- Comment #3 from wvangulik at xs4all dot nl 2007-08-24 19:36 ------- (In reply to comment #2) > 4.3.0 20070817 snapshot generates this for the testcase: >
<snip> Well at least the extra clr r25 is gone... I just tried some simpler code: extern unsigned char foo(); unsigned char test(unsigned char input) { return input += foo(); } The result is: /* prologue: frame size=0 */ push r17 /* prologue end (size=1) */ mov r17,r24 call foo add r17,r24 <<Could do "add r24,r17" mov r24,r17 <<This could then be gone clr r25 <<This is maybe gone in 4.3.0?? /* epilogue: frame size=0 */ pop r17 ret /* epilogue end (size=2) */ Here the add is also done non-optimal. So maybe solving this prevents the extra register save? -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33050