http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49535
Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED CC| |jakub at gcc dot gnu.org Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #1 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-06-27 09:26:54 UTC --- That's just a bogus expectation. If you want to see 800 800 800 800 in all 4 cases, that assumes that all the functions have been inlined. But you don't tell the compiler that it is essential to inline them (we have always_inline attribute for such purposes), so it is just on gcc's decision whether it is profitable to inline them or not. Starting with http://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs?root=gcc&view=rev&rev=158732 gcc doesn't inline them, because main (except for inner loops in it) is optimized for size, being called just once. They weren't inlined before either, just only with -Os.