On 20/06/2022 02.41, Kent Overstreet wrote: > Rasmus pointed out that -fno-strict-aliasing is going to cause gcc to generate > nasty code, and indeed it unfortunately does but according to worst case > scenario microbenchmarks it's not a problem for actual performance. Well, that's not how I interpreted those numbers, but, except if they showed an improvement, how much is acceptable is of course always a matter of judgment. However, what's really annoying and somewhat dishonest is that you're not including those numbers, nor the methodology, in either the cover letter or commit itself. Rasmus