http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33763
--- Comment #29 from Richard Guenther <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-01-12 14:49:42 UTC --- Btw, GCC 3.2.3 produces for extern __inline __attribute__ ((__always_inline__)) void open () { } void open () { open (); } open: pushl %ebp movl %esp, %ebp call open popl %ebp ret so it's "broken" as well.