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How Go Allocates Registers: The SSA Backend's Linear Scan Pass

Oct 21, 2026 29 min read Jay Hubbert

Go’s SSA backend uses a greedy linear-scan register allocator that treats the function as one long basic block, moves values into registers just before their use, and spills …

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