https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=114243
--- Comment #4 from Georg-Johann Lay <gjl at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Created attachment 58483 --> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=58483&action=edit sfmode.c: C test case This is a test case with simpler functions like float add2 (float a, float b) { return a + b; } v8 compiles this with -Os -dp to: add2: rcall __addsf3 ; 9 [c=24 l=1] call_value_insn/1 ret ; 21 [c=0 l=1] return but the current compiler does: add2: push r4 ; 76 [c=4 l=1] pushqi1/0 push r5 ; 77 [c=4 l=1] pushqi1/0 push r6 ; 78 [c=4 l=1] pushqi1/0 push r7 ; 79 [c=4 l=1] pushqi1/0 push r8 ; 80 [c=4 l=1] pushqi1/0 push r9 ; 81 [c=4 l=1] pushqi1/0 push r10 ; 82 [c=4 l=1] pushqi1/0 push r11 ; 83 [c=4 l=1] pushqi1/0 push r12 ; 84 [c=4 l=1] pushqi1/0 push r13 ; 85 [c=4 l=1] pushqi1/0 push r14 ; 86 [c=4 l=1] pushqi1/0 push r15 ; 87 [c=4 l=1] pushqi1/0 /* prologue: function */ /* frame size = 0 */ /* stack size = 12 */ .L__stack_usage = 12 mov r4,r18 ; 61 [c=4 l=1] movqi_insn/0 mov r5,r19 ; 62 [c=4 l=1] movqi_insn/0 mov r6,r20 ; 63 [c=4 l=1] movqi_insn/0 mov r7,r21 ; 64 [c=4 l=1] movqi_insn/0 mov r21,r7 ; 65 [c=4 l=4] *movsf/0 mov r20,r6 mov r19,r5 mov r18,r4 mov r8,r22 ; 66 [c=4 l=1] movqi_insn/0 mov r9,r23 ; 67 [c=4 l=1] movqi_insn/0 mov r10,r24 ; 68 [c=4 l=1] movqi_insn/0 mov r11,r25 ; 69 [c=4 l=1] movqi_insn/0 mov r25,r11 ; 70 [c=4 l=4] *movsf/0 mov r24,r10 mov r23,r9 mov r22,r8 rcall __addsf3 ; 9 [c=24 l=1] call_value_insn/1 mov r12,r22 ; 71 [c=4 l=1] movqi_insn/0 mov r13,r23 ; 72 [c=4 l=1] movqi_insn/0 mov r14,r24 ; 73 [c=4 l=1] movqi_insn/0 mov r15,r25 ; 74 [c=4 l=1] movqi_insn/0 mov r25,r15 ; 75 [c=4 l=4] *movsf/0 mov r24,r14 mov r23,r13 mov r22,r12 /* epilogue start */ pop r15 ; 90 [c=4 l=1] popqi pop r14 ; 91 [c=4 l=1] popqi pop r13 ; 92 [c=4 l=1] popqi pop r12 ; 93 [c=4 l=1] popqi pop r11 ; 94 [c=4 l=1] popqi pop r10 ; 95 [c=4 l=1] popqi pop r9 ; 96 [c=4 l=1] popqi pop r8 ; 97 [c=4 l=1] popqi pop r7 ; 98 [c=4 l=1] popqi pop r6 ; 99 [c=4 l=1] popqi pop r5 ; 100 [c=4 l=1] popqi pop r4 ; 101 [c=4 l=1] popqi ret ; 102 [c=0 l=1] return_from_epilogue