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Re: [PATCH, PR43814] Assume function arguments of pointer type are aligned.
On 29/09/2011, at 7:35 AM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Maxim Kuvyrkov <maxim@codesourcery.com>
> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:29:12 +1300
>
>> GLIBC patch to fix locale_t definition is attached.
>
> Isn't this going to result in byte loads being used to dereference
> all locale_t pointers on targets like sparc and mips?
Yes, that's the price for binary compatibility for comparing a pointer to -1. I just hope that no common program has locale functions on its critical path.
Thank you,
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Maxim Kuvyrkov
CodeSourcery / Mentor Graphics