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How to force GNU CC use "inc" for `++' operator?
- From: "Dmitry K." <dmixm at marine dot febras dot ru>
- To: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 16:01:12 +1000
- Subject: How to force GNU CC use "inc" for `++' operator?
Hi.
In the next example GCC differently processes two alike lines, containing
increment of `c':
extern int foo1 (int,int);
int foo (int x, int y)
{
unsigned char c= 0;
if (foo1(x,y)) c++;
if (foo1(x,y)) c++;
return c;
}
`inc r15' is used at the second increment. But at first -- pair operations:
`ldi' and `mov'. This occupies two words instead of one and is executed twice
longer:
foo:
/* prologue: frame size=0 */
push r15
push r16
push r17
push r28
push r29
/* prologue end (size=5) */
movw r16,r24
movw r28,r22
clr r15
rcall foo1
or r24,r25
breq .L2
ldi r24,lo8(1) /**************/
mov r15,r24 /**************/
.L2:
movw r22,r28
movw r24,r16
rcall foo1
or r24,r25
breq .L3
inc r15 /**************/
.L3:
mov r24,r15
clr r25
/* epilogue: frame size=0 */
pop r29
pop r28
pop r17
pop r16
pop r15
ret
Certainly, 4% is rubbish. But this example is an extract from real program,
where lack of the free register gave considerable decline.
Was used: gcc 3.4.3, --target=avr, -Os, -mmcu=atmega8
Thanks in advance.