Open64 5.0 released
Open64 5.0 released
Posted Nov 12, 2011 20:10 UTC (Sat) by nix (subscriber, #2304)In reply to: Open64 5.0 released by endecotp
Parent article: Open64 5.0 released
Given that -O3 under GCC means 'carry out optimizations that should reduce cycle count regardless of effects on code size', it fairly often leads to icache bloat or register pressure not compensated for at later stages and corresponding excessive stack spilling which end up slowing the code down.
So you end up with larger and/or slower code than under -O2.
