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Function Parameters vs. Prologue (fastcall + O1 + -fschedule-insns2)

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I'm curious about what is causing this reordering (prologue with the function parameters):

# gcc structs.c -o structs -m32 -O1 -fschedule-insns2

(gdb) disas main
Dump of assembler code for function main:
 0x0804868c : push %ebp
 0x0804868d : mov $0x3,%edx
 0x08048692 : mov %esp,%ebp
 0x08048694 : mov $0x2,%ecx
 0x08048699 : and $0xfffffff0,%esp
 0x0804869c : call 0x804845c

The code:

__attribute__((fastcall)) void funcao(int i, int a) {
...
int main() {

 int i, a;
 i = 2;
 i = 3;

 funcao(i, a);
...

When I remove one of them (fastcall or schedule-insns2), the binary is generated in logic order:

(gdb) disas main
Dump of assembler code for function main:
 0x08048340 : push %ebp
 0x08048341 : mov %esp,%ebp
 0x08048343 : and $0xfffffff0,%esp
 0x08048346 : sub $0x10,%esp
 0x08048349 : movl $0x3,0x4(%esp)
 0x08048351 : movl $0x2,(%esp)
 0x08048358 : call 0x8048450 

... or

(gdb) disas main
Dump of assembler code for function main:
 0x0804868c : push %ebp
 0x0804868d : mov %esp,%ebp
 0x0804868f : and $0xfffffff0,%esp
 0x08048692 : mov $0x3,%edx
 0x08048697 : mov $0x2,%ecx
 0x0804869c : call 0x804845c

Someone knows something about the combined use of the fastcall attribute and schedule-insns2 option? Is there an issue?

posted Jun 18, 2013 by anonymous

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1 Answer

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I know that -fschedule-insns2 reorder the instructions to avoid bubble, but I did a benchmark that resulted in a more fast code without this reordering.

answer Jun 19, 2013 by anonymous
File a missed-optimization bug report?
I'm not really sure what you are asking.
commented Jun 19, 2013 by anonymous
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