http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54315
--- Comment #1 from H.J. Lu <hjl.tools at gmail dot com> 2012-08-18 17:42:58
UTC ---
-m32 also causes extra copy:
[hjl@gnu-6 pr54315]$ gcc -S -O2 -m32 y.i
[hjl@gnu-6 pr54315]$ cat y.s
.file "y.i"
.text
.p2align 4,,15
.globl test160
.type test160, @function
test160:
.LFB0:
.cfi_startproc
subl $44, %esp
.cfi_def_cfa_offset 48
leal 16(%esp), %eax
movl %eax, (%esp)
call check160
.cfi_def_cfa_offset 44
subl $4, %esp
.cfi_def_cfa_offset 48
fldt 16(%esp)
fstpt (%esp)
call checkx160
addl $44, %esp
.cfi_def_cfa_offset 4
ret
.cfi_endproc
.LFE0:
.size test160, .-test160
.ident "GCC: (GNU) 4.7.1 20120629 (Red Hat 4.7.1-1)"
.section .note.GNU-stack,"",@progbits
[hjl@gnu-6 pr54315]$