------- Comment #17 from bonzini at gnu dot org 2007-10-29 10:05 ------- > This issue with -4 offset is annoying because code size of offsetted load insn > is huge: > > f: c7 40 fc 01 00 00 00 movl $0x1,-0x4(%eax)
-0x4(%eax) is 2 bytes more than (%eax), where IIRC it would be "a3 01 00 00 00", and only one byte more than any other non-offsetted load insn. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26726
