http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54841
Bug #: 54841 Summary: Bad optimization on stack fill before call on ARM Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.7.3 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: target AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: vova7...@mail.ru GCC generating not best asm listing when before calling to function, he needs to pass into a stack registers already setted before this, and it only needed to pass it. Gcc passing it by str instruction. For example: STR R6, [SP, #4] STR R4, [SP] It can be faster and smaller with this code: STMEA SP, {R4, R6} --- Thanks