https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=102178
--- Comment #17 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- So in .reload we have (with unpatched trunk) 401: NOTE_INSN_BASIC_BLOCK 6 462: ax:DF=[`*.LC0'] REG_EQUAL 9.850689999999999724167309977929107844829559326171875e-1 407: xmm2:DF=ax:DF 463: ax:DF=[`*.LC0'] REG_EQUAL 9.850689999999999724167309977929107844829559326171875e-1 408: xmm4:DF=ax:DF why??! We can load .LC0 into xmm4 directly. IRA sees 401: NOTE_INSN_BASIC_BLOCK 6 407: r118:DF=r482:DF 408: r119:DF=r482:DF now I cannot really decipher IRA or LRA dumps but my guess would be that inheritance (causing us to load from LC0) interferes badly with register class assignment? Changing pseudo 482 in operand 1 of insn 407 on equiv 9.850689999999999724167309977929107844829559326171875e-1 ... alt=21,overall=9,losers=1,rld_nregs=1 Choosing alt 21 in insn 407: (0) v (1) r {*movdf_internal} Creating newreg=525, assigning class GENERAL_REGS to r525 407: r118:DF=r525:DF Inserting insn reload before: 462: r525:DF=[`*.LC0'] REG_EQUAL 9.850689999999999724167309977929107844829559326171875e-1 we should have preferred alt 14 I think (0) v (1) m, but that has alt=14,overall=13,losers=1,rld_nregs=0 0 Spill pseudo into memory: reject+=3 Using memory insn operand 0: reject+=3 0 Non input pseudo reload: reject++ 1 Non-pseudo reload: reject+=2 1 Non input pseudo reload: reject++ alt=15,overall=28,losers=3 -- refuse 0 Costly set: reject++ alt=16: Bad operand -- refuse 0 Costly set: reject++ 1 Costly loser: reject++ 1 Non-pseudo reload: reject+=2 1 Non input pseudo reload: reject++ alt=17,overall=17,losers=2 -- refuse 0 Costly set: reject++ 1 Spill Non-pseudo into memory: reject+=3 Using memory insn operand 1: reject+=3 1 Non input pseudo reload: reject++ alt=18,overall=14,losers=1 -- refuse 0 Spill pseudo into memory: reject+=3 Using memory insn operand 0: reject+=3 0 Non input pseudo reload: reject++ 1 Costly loser: reject++ 1 Non-pseudo reload: reject+=2 1 Non input pseudo reload: reject++ alt=19,overall=29,losers=3 -- refuse 0 Non-prefered reload: reject+=600 0 Non input pseudo reload: reject++ alt=20,overall=607,losers=1 -- refuse 1 Non-pseudo reload: reject+=2 1 Non input pseudo reload: reject++ I'm not sure I can decipher the reasoning but I don't understand how it doesn't seem to anticipate the cost of reloading the GPR in the alternative it chooses? Vlad?