http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50750
Bug #: 50750 Summary: SH Target: Pre-decrement addressing used only for first memory access Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.7.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: enhancement Priority: P3 Component: target AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: oleg.e...@t-online.de CC: kkoj...@gcc.gnu.org Target: sh*-*-* Pre-decrement addressing is generated only for the first memory access. Any subsequent memory access does not use pre-decrement addressing. The following is a reduced example. The problem exists with any number of memory accesses > 1 and at any optimization level. int test_func_2_1 (int* p, int c) { int r = 0; do { r += *--p; r += *--p; r += *--p; } while (--c); return r; } compiled with -fno-tree-loop-optimize -Os -m4-single -ml: mov #0,r0 .L11: mov r4,r1 add #-64,r1 mov.l @(60,r1),r2 dt r5 add #-12,r4 add r2,r0 mov.l @(56,r1),r2 mov.l @(52,r1),r1 add r2,r0 bf/s .L11 add r1,r0 rts nop would be better as: mov #0,r0 .L11: mov.l @-r4,r1 dt r5 mov.l @-r4,r2 add r1,r0 mov.l @-r4,r3 add r2,r0 bf/s .L11 add r3,r0 rts nop Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=sh-elf-gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/local/libexec/gcc/sh-elf/4.7.0/lto-wrapper Target: sh-elf Configured with: ../gcc-trunk/configure --target=sh-elf --prefix=/usr/local --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-multilib --disable-libssp --disable-nls --disable-werror --enable-lto --with-newlib --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --with-system-zlib Thread model: single gcc version 4.7.0 20111016 (experimental) (GCC)