https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=97156
Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |INVALID --- Comment #1 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21390165/why-does-breaking-the-output-dependency-of-lzcnt-matter https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=62011 This was done because it is needed for some (most) Intel processors have an errata were popcnt and tzcnt cause a false depenency on the destition register.