https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=77484
--- Comment #39 from Jan Hubicka <hubicka at ucw dot cz> --- > Finally, the total between after the last and before the first patch. > Overall, > some tests gain some performance and others lose some. The total number of > instructions has grown somewhat (especially tonto, calculix, dealII and wrf), > but there's no obvious connection between an increased number of instructions > and loss of performance. > > Is this what can be expected of the patches? I would say so - the prediction controls a lot of different heuristics and call predictor is quite weak (random) so it is expected to have bit random effects. I also can't see much of corelation in the tests, so I guess it is just random noise. Thanks for the tests! Honza