Hi Uros,
Very many thanks for the speedy reviews.
Uros Bizjak wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 11:06 AM Roger Sayle
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > This patch avoids long lea instructions for performing x<<2 and x<<3
> > by splitting them into shorter sal and move (or xchg instructions).
> > Because this i
On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 11:06 AM Roger Sayle wrote:
>
>
> This patch avoids long lea instructions for performing x<<2 and x<<3
> by splitting them into shorter sal and move (or xchg instructions).
> Because this increases the number of instructions, but reduces the
> total size, its suitable for -O
This patch avoids long lea instructions for performing x<<2 and x<<3
by splitting them into shorter sal and move (or xchg instructions).
Because this increases the number of instructions, but reduces the
total size, its suitable for -Oz (but not -Os).
The impact can be seen in the new test case:
