https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=86011
Bug ID: 86011 Summary: Inefficient code generated for ldivmod with constant value Product: gcc Version: 7.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: other Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: patrick at motec dot com.au Target Milestone: --- Tested with 7.2.0 and 8.1.0. The following example unnecessarily calls ldivmod twice: struct foo { long a, b; }; struct foo test(long long x) { return (struct foo){x / 77, x % 77}; } armv7m-linux-musleabi-gcc -c -O2 test.c armv7m-linux-musleabi-objdump -d test.o 00000000 <test>: 0: b5d0 push {r4, r6, r7, lr} 2: 4616 mov r6, r2 4: 461f mov r7, r3 6: 4604 mov r4, r0 8: 224d movs r2, #77 ; 0x4d a: 2300 movs r3, #0 c: 4630 mov r0, r6 e: 4639 mov r1, r7 10: f7ff fffe bl 0 <__aeabi_ldivmod> 14: 4639 mov r1, r7 16: 6020 str r0, [r4, #0] 18: 224d movs r2, #77 ; 0x4d 1a: 4630 mov r0, r6 1c: 2300 movs r3, #0 1e: f7ff fffe bl 0 <__aeabi_ldivmod> 22: 4620 mov r0, r4 24: 6062 str r2, [r4, #4] 26: bdd0 pop {r4, r6, r7, pc} If the test is rearranged so that the denominator is a function argument the generated code is as expected: struct foo { long a, b; }; struct foo test(long long x, long den) { return (struct foo){x / den, x % den}; } armv7m-linux-musleabi-gcc -c -O2 test.c armv7m-linux-musleabi-objdump -d test.o 00000000 <test>: 0: b5d0 push {r4, r6, r7, lr} 2: 4616 mov r6, r2 4: 461f mov r7, r3 6: 9a04 ldr r2, [sp, #16] 8: 4604 mov r4, r0 a: 4639 mov r1, r7 c: 4630 mov r0, r6 e: 17d3 asrs r3, r2, #31 10: f7ff fffe bl 0 <__aeabi_ldivmod> 14: e9c4 0200 strd r0, r2, [r4] 18: 4620 mov r0, r4 1a: bdd0 pop {r4, r6, r7, pc}