Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:18:42 +0200 (CEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 09/10] Change table chaining layout |
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Alan Cox wrote: > > For structures, not array elements or stack objects. Does gcc now get > > aligned correct as an attribute on a stack object ? > > I think m68k stack layout still guarantees 4-byte-alignment, no?
The stack pointer must be even (i.e. 2 byte-alignment). But it looks like current gcc always allocates multiples of 4 bytes on the stack, probably for performance reasons.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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