------- Comment #28 from vvv at ru dot ru 2009-05-13 19:18 ------- (In reply to comment #24) > Using padding to avoid 4 branches in 16byte chunk may not be a good idea since > it will increase code size. It's enough only one byte NOP per 16-byte chunk for padding. But, IMHO, four branches in 16 byte chunk - is very-very infrequent. Especially for 64-bit mode.
BTW, it's difficult to understand, what Intel mean ander term "branch". Is it CALL, JMP, conditional branches, or returns (same as AMD), or only JMP and conditional branches. I beleave last case right. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39942
