https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80425
--- Comment #4 from Uroš Bizjak <ubizjak at gmail dot com> --- (In reply to Uroš Bizjak from comment #1) > Looks like RA issue. A related problem is shown with: extern int a; __m512i f1 (__m512i x) { return _mm512_srai_epi32 (x, a); } compiled with -O2 -mavx512f: movl a(%rip), %eax # 7 *zero_extendsidi2/4 [length = 6] movq %rax, -56(%rbp) # 21 *movdi_internal/6 [length = 4] vmovq -56(%rbp), %xmm1 # 22 *movdi_internal/15 [length = 7] vpsrad %xmm1, %zmm0, %zmm0 # 12 ashrv16si3/1 [length = 6] Please note that GR->xmm moves are disabled by default. In this case, we could extend from mem->xmm, but RA choose general register instead. This happens even with the following patch that removes "?" from relevant insns: --cut here-- diff --git a/gcc/config/i386/i386.md b/gcc/config/i386/i386.md index da79d8f..a1ff7c9 100644 --- a/gcc/config/i386/i386.md +++ b/gcc/config/i386/i386.md @@ -3762,10 +3762,10 @@ (define_insn "*zero_extendsidi2" [(set (match_operand:DI 0 "nonimmediate_operand" - "=r,?r,?o,r ,o,?*Ym,?!*y,?r ,?r,?*Yi,?*x,?*x,?*v,*r") + "=r,?r,?o,r ,o,?*Ym,?!*y,?r ,?r,?*Yi,*x,*x,*v,*r") (zero_extend:DI (match_operand:SI 1 "x86_64_zext_operand" - "0 ,rm,r ,rmWz,0,r ,m ,*Yj,*x,r ,m , *x, *v,*k")))] + "0 ,rm,r ,rmWz,0,r ,m ,*Yj,*x,r ,m ,*x,*v,*k")))] "" { switch (get_attr_type (insn)) --cut here-- -m32 generates optimal code w and w/o patch: vmovd a, %xmm1 # 7 *zero_extendsidi2/11 [length = 11] vpsrad %xmm1, %zmm0, %zmm0 # 12 ashrv16si3/1 [length = 6]