http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51467
Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED CC| |jakub at gcc dot gnu.org Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #1 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-12-08 15:21:16 UTC --- Please read the AMD64 architecture manuals. xorl %eax, %eax is just a shorter alternative to xorq %rax, %rax, both clear all 64 bits of that register.