http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6904

           Summary: Skip Setting up Stack Frame if No Stack is Used
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: performance
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody@puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: dsimcha@yahoo.com


--- Comment #0 from David Simcha <dsimcha@yahoo.com> 2011-11-07 10:05:40 PST ---
This could affect performance slightly in real-world code if virtual functions are used to return constants in some overrides.

test.d:

int main() {
   return 0;
}

dmd -c -O -inline -release test.d

Disassembly of _Dmain in test.o:

_Dmain  PROC
        push    rbp                                     ; 0000 _ 55
        mov     rbp, rsp                                ; 0001 _ 48: 8B. EC
        xor     eax, eax                                ; 0004 _ 31. C0
        pop     rbp                                     ; 0006 _ 5D
        ret                                             ; 0007 _ C3
_Dmain  ENDP

Do we really need to do the push rbp; mov rbp, rsp; pop rbp when the function doesn't actually use any stack and just sets eax to zero and returns?  GDC elides these extra instructions.  In GDC, compiled with -O1 or higher, _Dmain's body is:

_Dmain  PROC
        xor     eax, eax                                ; 0000 _ 31. C0
        ret                                             ; 0002 _ C3
_Dmain  ENDP

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