[Bug c/33102] New: volatile excessively suppresses optimizations in range checks

["paulmck at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

Source code:
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volatile int i;
int j;

int testme(void)
{
        return i <= 1;
}

int testme2(void)
{
        return j <= 1;
}
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Compiler command line: "cc -S -O torvalds.c"
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Expected results: volatile accesses not moved past sequence points,
optimization otherwise unaffected.
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Observed results: redundant move to register generated, unecessarily increasing
register pressure, increasing the size of the binary, and potentially consuming
more power and decreasing performance.
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Build date and platform: August 17 2007 Ubuntu Feisty Fawn.
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gcc -v output:
Using built-in specs.
Target: i486-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v
--enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --prefix=/usr
--enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib
--without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls
--program-suffix=-4.1 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu
--enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-mpfr --enable-checking=release i486-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)
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Code generated to compare volatile variable to constant:
        movl    i, %eax
        cmpl    $1, %eax
Code generated to compare non-volatile variable to constant:
        cmpl    $1, j
The latter code sequence should be generated for the volatile case as well as
the non-volatile case.  Similar inefficiencies are produced in response to
other uses of volatile variables.


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           Summary: volatile excessively suppresses optimizations in range
                    checks
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.1.2
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: c
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: paulmck at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com
 GCC build triplet: i486-linux-gnu
  GCC host triplet: i486-linux-gnu
GCC target triplet: i486-linux-gnu


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33102