https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118109
Bug ID: 118109 Summary: RISC-V: Empty Variadic Function Redundantly Pushes Argument Registers onto Stack Product: gcc Version: 14.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: middle-end Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: jonathan.gruber.jg at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- Created attachment 59910 --> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=59910&action=edit Minimal test case. When an empty variadic function is compiled to RISC-V, the argument registers a1-a7 are redundantly pushed onto the stack. I only tested with 64-bit RISC-V, but I would not be surprised if 32-bit RISC-V has the same problem. Minimal test case: #include <stdarg.h> void test(int dummy, ...) { /* Empty. */ } riscv64 assembly, with -Oz, -Os, -O1, -O2, or -O3: test: .cfi_startproc addi sp,sp,-64 .cfi_def_cfa_offset 64 sd a1,8(sp) sd a2,16(sp) sd a3,24(sp) sd a4,32(sp) sd a5,40(sp) sd a6,48(sp) sd a7,56(sp) addi sp,sp,64 .cfi_def_cfa_offset 0 jr ra .cfi_endproc Host system type: Arch Linux, x86_64. riscv64-linux-gnu-gcc information: Version: 14.2.0. Configured with: /build/riscv64-linux-gnu-gcc/src/gcc-14.2.0/configure --prefix=/usr --program-prefix=riscv64-linux-gnu- --with-local-prefix=/usr/riscv64-linux-gnu --with-sysroot=/usr/riscv64-linux-gnu --with-build-sysroot=/usr/riscv64-linux-gnu --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --target=riscv64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --with-system-zlib --with-isl --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --disable-nls --disable-libunwind-exceptions --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-libssp --disable-multilib --disable-werror --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-linker-build-id --enable-lto --enable-plugin --enable-install-libiberty --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-default-pie --enable-checking=release