https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=113542
Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ever confirmed|0 |1 Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed| |2024-01-24 --- Comment #1 from Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Options to reproduce -O2 -mcpu=cortex-m3 -mthumb The problem is really a back-end issue. But the cause is that the fwprop pass is now merging propagating insn 9 into insn 10, replacing: (set (reg:SI 124 [ _7 ]) (ne:SI (reg:CC 100 cc) (const_int 0 [0]))) with the flag setting instruction to form (parallel [ (set (reg:SI 124 [ _7 ]) (ne:SI (reg:SI 122 [ _2 ]) (const_int 0 [0]))) (clobber (reg:CC 100 cc)) ]) That's OK, but it means that the combine pass is no-longer able to merge the flag setter with an earlier result producer. A similar thing starts to happen arm state this is dropped because the costs are working out as the same (it has to reduce the cost). So I think it's that the cost model for thumb2 needs tweaking.