resource.c (as used by dbr_schedule) considers the stack pointer to be unused on entry to the epilogue if:
EXIT_IGNORE_STACK && frame_pointer_needed && !current_function_sp_is_unchanging Then the stack deallocation in the epilogue usually causes the stack pointer to become live on function exit (which it must always be): while ((epilogue_insn = next_nonnote_insn (epilogue_insn))) { mark_set_resources (epilogue_insn, &end_of_function_needs, 0, MARK_SRC_DEST_CALL); if (return_insn_p (epilogue_insn)) break; } But in gcc.c-torture/execute/920428-2.c -Os on mips64-linux-gnu, we have a case where the shrink-wrapped part of the function requires a frame but has no normal exits. There is therefore no epilogue. This means that the stack pointer is never added to end_of_function_needs, and dbr_schedule thinks that normal exits (which are all outside the shrink-wrapped part) do not care about the stack pointer. We then end up speculatively executing the prologue stack allocation. One fix would be to add: SET_HARD_REG_BIT (end_of_function_needs.regs, STACK_POINTER_REGNUM); after the loop above, but it felt odd for start_of_epilogue_needs to be different from end_of_function_needs when there is no epilogue. The patch below seemed better. Tested on mips64-linux-gnu. OK to install? Richard gcc/ * resource.c (init_resource_info): Only consider EXIT_IGNORE_STACK if there is in epilogue. Index: gcc/resource.c =================================================================== --- gcc/resource.c 2011-11-26 14:38:30.000000000 +0000 +++ gcc/resource.c 2011-11-26 14:40:04.000000000 +0000 @@ -1145,11 +1145,11 @@ init_resource_info (rtx epilogue_insn) basic_block bb; /* Indicate what resources are required to be valid at the end of the current - function. The condition code never is and memory always is. If the - frame pointer is needed, it is and so is the stack pointer unless - EXIT_IGNORE_STACK is nonzero. If the frame pointer is not needed, the - stack pointer is. Registers used to return the function value are - needed. Registers holding global variables are needed. */ + function. The condition code never is and memory always is. + The stack pointer is needed unless EXIT_IGNORE_STACK is true + and there is an epilogue that restores the original stack pointer + from the frame pointer. Registers used to return the function value + are needed. Registers holding global variables are needed. */ end_of_function_needs.cc = 0; end_of_function_needs.memory = 1; @@ -1162,11 +1162,11 @@ init_resource_info (rtx epilogue_insn) #if !HARD_FRAME_POINTER_IS_FRAME_POINTER SET_HARD_REG_BIT (end_of_function_needs.regs, HARD_FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM); #endif - if (! EXIT_IGNORE_STACK - || current_function_sp_is_unchanging) - SET_HARD_REG_BIT (end_of_function_needs.regs, STACK_POINTER_REGNUM); } - else + if (!(EXIT_IGNORE_STACK + && epilogue_insn + && frame_pointer_needed + && !current_function_sp_is_unchanging)) SET_HARD_REG_BIT (end_of_function_needs.regs, STACK_POINTER_REGNUM); if (crtl->return_rtx != 0)