https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=113613
--- Comment #6 from Alex Coplan <acoplan at gcc dot gnu.org> --- FWIW, if I move ldp_fusion1 before early_ra, with: diff --git a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-passes.def b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-passes.def index 769d48f4faa..3853f6bf7a4 100644 --- a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-passes.def +++ b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-passes.def @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ along with GCC; see the file COPYING3. If not see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ +INSERT_PASS_BEFORE (pass_sched, 1, pass_ldp_fusion); INSERT_PASS_BEFORE (pass_sched, 1, pass_aarch64_early_ra); INSERT_PASS_AFTER (pass_regrename, 1, pass_fma_steering); INSERT_PASS_BEFORE (pass_reorder_blocks, 1, pass_track_speculation); @@ -25,5 +26,4 @@ INSERT_PASS_BEFORE (pass_late_thread_prologue_and_epilogue, 1, pass_switch_pstat INSERT_PASS_AFTER (pass_machine_reorg, 1, pass_tag_collision_avoidance); INSERT_PASS_BEFORE (pass_shorten_branches, 1, pass_insert_bti); INSERT_PASS_AFTER (pass_if_after_combine, 1, pass_cc_fusion); -INSERT_PASS_BEFORE (pass_early_remat, 1, pass_ldp_fusion); INSERT_PASS_BEFORE (pass_peephole2, 1, pass_ldp_fusion); we get: f: .LFB0: .cfi_startproc adrp x0, .LANCHOR0 add x0, x0, :lo12:.LANCHOR0 ldp d31, d30, [x0] ldp d29, d28, [x0, 32] fadd v29.2s, v31.2s, v29.2s fadd v28.2s, v30.2s, v28.2s stp d29, d28, [x0] ret note that this does use more registers, though, so it's not necessarily a clear win in the general case (particularly if register pressure is already high).