https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70821
Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed| |2016-04-28 CC| |jakub at gcc dot gnu.org Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #1 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> --- I don't see any xadd* insns if compiled with -O2, it doesn't indeed use lock; decl, but lock; subl $1 or similar; but that is just the matter of generic tuning which prefers not to use inc/dec; if you use e.g. -O2 -mtune=barcelona, then you get even the lock; decl you are looking for. So, are you testing with -Os instead?