http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53538
Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #1 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-05-31 16:24:43 UTC --- They are defined by the ARM compiler which has them documented here: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.dui0491c/BABJFCGC.html With either -funroll-loops or -O3 (which enables sometimes full unrolling), the compiler is able to figure out the argument j is a constant as it duplicates it 4 times.