http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60754
Bug ID: 60754 Summary: Missed optimization with inline asm longer than 3 lines Product: gcc Version: 4.8.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: rabin at rab dot in Created attachment 32538 --> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=32538&action=edit Testcase At -O2 GCC does not optimize out the call to fail() in the following program if the asm has four lines. $ cat testcase.c extern void fail(void) __attribute__((error("fail"))); static void function(int magic) { if (magic > 1) fail(); __asm__( "// comment\n" "// comment\n" "// comment\n" #ifndef THREELINEASM "// comment\n" #endif ::); } void another(void) { function(0); function(1); } void dummy(void) { another(); } $ gcc -c -O2 testcase.c testcase.c: In function ‘function’: testcase.c:6:8: error: call to ‘fail’ declared with attribute error: fail fail(); ^ $ gcc -c -O2 -DTHREELINEASM testcase.c $ gcc -c -Os testcase.c $ gcc -c -O3 testcase.c $ gcc -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=/usr/bin/gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Debian 4.8.2-16' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.8/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.8 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.8 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-libmudflap --enable-plugin --with-system-zlib --disable-browser-plugin --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --enable-java-home --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --enable-objc-gc --enable-multiarch --with-arch-32=i586 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.8.2 (Debian 4.8.2-16)