https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=67552
--- Comment #3 from H.J. Lu <hjl.tools at gmail dot com> --- X87 instructions should be disallowed in interrupt handler: [hjl@gnu-6 interrupt-1]$ cat f.i extern long double y, x; void __attribute__((interrupt)) fn1 (void) { x += y; } [hjl@gnu-6 interrupt-1]$ make f.s /export/build/gnu/gcc-5/build-x86_64-linux/gcc/xgcc -B/export/build/gnu/gcc-5/build-x86_64-linux/gcc/ -O2 -S -o f.s f.i [hjl@gnu-6 interrupt-1]$ cat f.s .file "f.i" .section .text.unlikely,"ax",@progbits .LCOLDB1: .text .LHOTB1: .p2align 4,,15 .globl fn1 .type fn1, @function fn1: .LFB0: .cfi_startproc fldt y(%rip) addq $-128, %rsp fldt x(%rip) faddp %st, %st(1) fstpt x(%rip) ret .cfi_endproc .LFE0: .size fn1, .-fn1 .section .text.unlikely .LCOLDE1: .text .LHOTE1: .ident "GCC: (GNU) 5.2.1 20150911" .section .note.GNU-stack,"",@progbits [hjl@gnu-6 interrupt-1]$