https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81312
--- Comment #3 from Jan Hubicka <hubicka at ucw dot cz> --- > Doesn't it improve performance in 64-bit mode? It used to be important for CPUs without ESP prediction engines, but most of those are history now. The codegen is quite different so it may be the case that it still helps somehow. Do you have some data on the perfomrance? Honza