Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Sun, 14 Sep 2003 16:13:46 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: stack alignment in the kernel was Re: nasm over gas? |
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On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 02:54:31PM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote: > > A compiler option to turn it off would make sense to save .text space > > and eliminate these useless instructions. Especially since the kernel > > entry points make no attempt to align the stack to 16 byte anyways, > > so most likely the stack adjustments do not even work. > > There is an option: > > -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2
Hmm. The i386 Makefile sets that already. Where exactly did you see bogus stack adjustments in kernel code?
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