http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49865
--- Comment #6 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-12-15 13:39:58 UTC --- Well, that is the "bad" sequence. Until r171648 instead of two movl 8(%ebp), %eX insns (one before rep stosl, one after) there was just one of those and one movl %eA, %eB register move.