http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53735
Bug #: 53735 Summary: thumb1 spill failure with -Os Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.7.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Keywords: assemble-failure, ice-on-valid-code Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: target AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: al...@gcc.gnu.org CC: ram...@gcc.gnu.org, rearn...@gcc.gnu.org Target: arm-eabi Created attachment 27667 --> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=27667 original source fork() fails to assemble with -mthumb -Os, works with -O2 instead of -Os. arm-oe-linux-uclibceabi-gcc -S fork.i -o fork.s -mthumb -Os ;# -g -march=armv5te -mthumb-interwork -mtune=arm926ej-s -msoft-float -mlittle-endian -feliminate-unused-debug-types -fno-tree-loop-optimize -fno-tree-dominator-opts fork.i: In function 'fork': fork.i:8762:1: error: unable to find a register to spill in class 'LO_REGS' fork.i:8762:1: error: this is the insn: (insn 99 97 100 17 (set (reg/v:SI 4 r4 [ _v1 ]) (plus:SI (reg/f:SI 147 [ D.8653 ]) (const_int -1064 [0xfffffffffffffbd8]))) fork.i:8727 5 {*thumb1_addsi3} (nil)) fork.i:8762: confused by earlier errors, bailing out Attached fork.i is the original, fork-reduced.i is a slightly reduced variant. Above my original flags commented out for reference.