LDP and STP instructions for ARM getting generated despite using --param aarch64-stp-policy=never

[Segher Boessenkool]

Hi!

On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 12:59:25PM +0100, Richard Earnshaw via Gcc-help wrote:
> I suspect the policy name of 'never' is misleading.  The compiler will
> always use ldp and stp in the prologue and epilogue of a function regardless
> of the setting of this parameter.

Yeah, but the documentation literally says

  > With '--param=aarch64-ldp-policy=never', do not emit ldp.

and

  > With '--param=aarch64-stp-policy=never', do not emit stp.

so some documentation clarification could help here :-)  "Do not
automatically generate ldp/stp" or equally vague wording might help?
Or maybe you can think of some nice, clear, succinct, correct and
helpful wording :-)


Segher