https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83496
--- Comment #29 from Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> --- > Never mind, it seems that gcc 5.5 is doing that as hazard_nowell. I will run > some more tests. Yes, the nops are preexisting and counter-measures for pipeline hazards, but I don't know the MIPS port enough to say much more than that.