[Bug middle-end/42919] New: [4.3/4.4/4.5 Regression] Argument unnecessarily spilled

["rguenth at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

void foo(unsigned long long *x);
void testfunc2(unsigned long long a) { foo (&a); }

generates

testfunc2:
        pushl   %ebp
        movl    %esp, %ebp
        subl    $40, %esp
        movl    8(%ebp), %eax
        movl    %eax, -16(%ebp)
        movl    12(%ebp), %eax
        movl    %eax, -12(%ebp)
        leal    -16(%ebp), %eax
        movl    %eax, (%esp)
        call    foo
        leave
        ret

which is a lot worse to what compared to what 3.4 produced:

testfunc2:
        pushl   %ebp
        movl    %esp, %ebp
        leal    8(%ebp), %eax
        subl    $8, %esp
        movl    %eax, (%esp)
        call    foo
        leave
        ret


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           Summary: [4.3/4.4/4.5 Regression] Argument unnecessarily spilled
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.5.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Keywords: missed-optimization
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: middle-end
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: rguenth at gcc dot gnu dot org
GCC target triplet: i?86-*-*


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42919