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The volatile modifier adds instructions to expand the variable to a 32-bit value (UXTB, UXTH, SXTB, SXTH).It doesn't make sense. checking code online
#include "stdint.h" struct _st { uint8_t a; volatile uint8_t b; }st; uint32_t test(uint8_t c) { uint8_t out; if(st.a > c) out = st.a; else out = st.b; return out; };
test: ldr r2, .L3 ldrb r3, [r2] //reading st.a cmp r3, r0 bhi .L2 ldrb r3, [r2, #1] //reading st.b uxtb r3, r3 // <<<<< .L2: mov r0, r3 bx lr .L3: .word .LANCHOR0 st: