http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55158
--- Comment #21 from Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-12-04 11:36:23 UTC --- > Sometimes you have to fix things you haven't broken. Especially trivial > bugs like this one. Look at all the REG_EQUAL stuff I've been trying > to fix. I assure you I wasn't around in GCC land when in ~1992 e.g. the > optabs self-referencing REG_EQUAL notes were introduced :-) Sure. However, I personally stay away from the register allocator, reload and the scheduler unless I'm really forced to look into them. :-)