use of memset and optimization

[Shantonu Sen]

I was able to compile the sample file with -O3 without seeing any
inlining/elimination by passing -fno-builtin (gcc 3.2 on sparc/solaris8).
This might be a reasonable known alternative to disabling optimization
completely if this issue is a concern.

Shantonu

On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Tom Yu wrote:

> By examining the assembly output for the following test C file, I
> conclude that gcc 3.0.3 on sparc/solaris8, when given the "-O" flag,
> inlines the call to strncpy() for g() and h() and removes the call to
> memset().  For f(), it doesn't remove the call to memset.  Using
> either gcc 2.95.3 or sun's C compiler, with any non-zero level of
> optimization, does not appear to optimize out the call to memset(),
> though gcc 2.95.3 does seem to inline the memset() calls.
>
> Both gcc 3.0.3 and gcc 2.95.3 inline but do not eliminate the memset()
> call in h2(), which is valid behavior -- the "static" storage duration
> qualifier means that some other function, e.g. encrypt(), may retain a
> pointer to that object after h2() returns.
>
> ---Tom
>
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