https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32593
Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Target Milestone|--- |4.8.0 Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |FIXED --- Comment #8 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- For the original testcase. Starting in GCC 4.8.0 we produce now: movl $7, %ecx leal -1(%edi), %eax xorl %edi, %eax sarl $15, %eax subb ff_h264_norm_shift(%eax), %cl sall %cl, %esi Which is better and still one less register as you wanted. So the original issue was fixed in GCC 4.8.