[Bug rtl-optimization/54585] New: stack space allocated but never used when calling functions that return structs in registers

[chip at pobox dot com]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54585

             Bug #: 54585
           Summary: stack space allocated but never used when calling
                    functions that return structs in registers
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.7.2
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: rtl-optimization
        AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org
        ReportedBy: c...@pobox.com


Now that bug #44194 is fixed, and a returned structure used as a parameter is
no longer stored unnecessarily, a new bug is visible: a stack frame is being
allocated that is entirely unused.  On x86_64 target with the fix for 44194
backported to the 4.7 branch, this code:


#include <stdint.h>

struct blargh { uint32_t a, b, c; } foo();
void bar(uint32_t a, uint32_t b, uint32_t c);

void func() {
  struct blargh s = foo();
  bar(s.a, s.b, s.c);
}


no longer uses any stack memory at all, but still the function call reserves 24
bytes with "subq $24,%rsp" and promptly returns it with "addq $24,%rsp".   The
generated code looks like this:

 func:
        .cfi_startproc
        xorl    %eax, %eax
        subq    $24, %rsp
        .cfi_def_cfa_offset 32
        call    foo
        movq    %rax, %rsi
        movl    %eax, %edi
        addq    $24, %rsp
        .cfi_def_cfa_offset 8
        shrq    $32, %rsi
        jmp     bar
        .cfi_endproc