Upstream-Status: Pending Hi, The attached patch makes sure that we create smaller object code for simple switch statements. We just make sure to flatten the switch statement into an if-else chain, basically. This fixes a size-regression as compared to gcc-3.4, as can be seen below. 2007-04-15 Bernhard Fischer <..> * stmt.c (expand_case): Do not create a complex binary tree when optimizing for size but rather use the simple ordered list. (emit_case_nodes): do not emit jumps to the default_label when optimizing for size. Not regtested so far. Comments? Attached is the test switch.c mentioned below. $ for i in 2.95 3.3 3.4 4.0 4.1 4.2.orig-HEAD 4.3.orig-HEAD 4.3-HEAD;do gcc-$i -DCHAIN -Os -o switch-CHAIN-$i.o -c switch.c ;done $ for i in 2.95 3.3 3.4 4.0 4.1 4.2.orig-HEAD 4.3.orig-HEAD 4.3-HEAD;do gcc-$i -UCHAIN -Os -o switch-$i.o -c switch.c ;done $ size switch-*.o text data bss dec hex filename 169 0 0 169 a9 switch-2.95.o 115 0 0 115 73 switch-3.3.o 103 0 0 103 67 switch-3.4.o 124 0 0 124 7c switch-4.0.o 124 0 0 124 7c switch-4.1.o 124 0 0 124 7c switch-4.2.orig-HEAD.o 95 0 0 95 5f switch-4.3-HEAD.o 124 0 0 124 7c switch-4.3.orig-HEAD.o 166 0 0 166 a6 switch-CHAIN-2.95.o 111 0 0 111 6f switch-CHAIN-3.3.o 95 0 0 95 5f switch-CHAIN-3.4.o 95 0 0 95 5f switch-CHAIN-4.0.o 95 0 0 95 5f switch-CHAIN-4.1.o 95 0 0 95 5f switch-CHAIN-4.2.orig-HEAD.o 95 0 0 95 5f switch-CHAIN-4.3-HEAD.o 95 0 0 95 5f switch-CHAIN-4.3.orig-HEAD.o Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="gcc-4.3.gcc-flatten-switch-stmt.00.diff" Index: gcc-4.6.0/gcc/stmt.c =================================================================== --- gcc-4.6.0.orig/gcc/stmt.c +++ gcc-4.6.0/gcc/stmt.c @@ -2478,7 +2478,11 @@ expand_case (gimple stmt) default code is emitted. */ use_cost_table = estimate_case_costs (case_list); - balance_case_nodes (&case_list, NULL); + /* When optimizing for size, we want a straight list to avoid + jumps as much as possible. This basically creates an if-else + chain. */ + if (!optimize_size) + balance_case_nodes (&case_list, NULL); emit_case_nodes (index, case_list, default_label, index_type); if (default_label) emit_jump (default_label); @@ -3046,6 +3050,7 @@ emit_case_nodes (rtx index, case_node_pt { if (!node_has_low_bound (node, index_type)) { + if (!optimize_size) /* don't jl to the .default_label. */ emit_cmp_and_jump_insns (index, convert_modes (mode, imode,