Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: optimize XCHG to MOV for same-register forms
Christian Ludloff <[email protected]>
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> Assembler optimization is intended primarily for hand-written code. Uhm, hand-written assembler code is the prime example for *not* wanting specified instruction FOO suddenly turn into emitted instruction BAR. If I code XCHG, then I mean to get XCHG. Had I wanted MOV, I'd have coded MOV. What is the expected worthwhile benefit of the proposed transformations in practice? -- C.