------- Comment #3 from rguenth at gcc dot gnu dot org 2007-07-09 09:50 ------- It does:
function2: .LFB3: call function1 movsbl %al,%eax ret because this is what the C ABI specifies. Now, the stack adjustments are indeed superfluous. And we fail to tailcall as well. The latter is fixed with a patch of mine. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32680