http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49157
Ramana Radhakrishnan <ramana at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed| |2011.06.01 19:56:05 CC| |ramana at gcc dot gnu.org Ever Confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #1 from Ramana Radhakrishnan <ramana at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-06-01 19:56:05 UTC --- With an arm-linux-gnueabi toolchain I see the following code - it's pointless creating space on the stack in this case. foo: @ args = 0, pretend = 0, frame = 8 @ frame_needed = 0, uses_anonymous_args = 0 @ link register save eliminated. add r0, r0, r0, lsr #16 sub sp, sp, #8 sxth r0, r0 add sp, sp, #8 bx lr Possibly related to PR36409. Ramana