http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53689
--- Comment #3 from Oleg Endo <olegendo at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-07-11 13:05:59 UTC --- (In reply to comment #2) > (In reply to comment #1) > > (In reply to comment #0) > > > Under target (sh-elf) big-endian SuperH-2 (SH7604) (options -m2 -mb > > > I've checked this case with SVN rev 189268 (GCC 4.8) and this problem is not > > present. > > are you sure ? > > using sh-superh-elf-gcc -O2 a.c -S -fno-omit-frame-pointer > > I also see the frame pointer restored from the delay slot. Is it only a -m2 > problem ? I'm not sure how sh-superh-elf-gcc is configured. Does it use -m4 as default? If so, on SH4 it should be OK to do so, because the RTE instruction does only SSR -> SR, SPC -> PC and does not access or modify r15 / @r15.