http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33699
Richard Guenther <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Target|mips*-* powerpc*-*-* |mips*-* powerpc*-*-* | |x86_64-*-* Last reconfirmed|2010-03-12 23:56:39 |2011-03-04 23:56:39 Known to fail| |4.6.0 --- Comment #11 from Richard Guenther <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-03-04 12:12:27 UTC --- Even on x86 it's smaller to not replicate 0xDEAD and to use offset addressing, like 0000000000000000 <f>: 0: b8 d0 fe 00 00 mov $0xfed0,%eax 5: bb ad de 00 00 mov $0xdead,%ebx a: 89 18 mov %ebx,(%rax) c: 89 58 08 mov %ebx,0x8(%rax) f: 89 58 10 mov %ebx,0x10(%rax) 12: 89 58 18 mov %ebx,0x18(%rax) 15: c3 retq instead of the generated 0: c7 04 25 d0 fe 00 00 movl $0xdead,0xfed0 7: ad de 00 00 b: c7 04 25 d8 fe 00 00 movl $0xdead,0xfed8 12: ad de 00 00 16: c7 04 25 e0 fe 00 00 movl $0xdead,0xfee0 1d: ad de 00 00 21: c7 04 25 e8 fe 00 00 movl $0xdead,0xfee8 28: ad de 00 00 2c: c3 retq