[patch, rfc] Semantics of attribute (aligned), misscompilation of crtstuff

[Andreas Schwab]

Zdenek Dvorak <rakdver@kam.mff.cuni.cz> writes:

> as discussed in http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2007-10/msg00771.html,
> aligned(sizeof(func_ptr)) on variables specifies only that the alignment
> must be at least that of sizeof(func_ptr), so crtstuff should not
> rely on that the alignment of such a variable is not increased above
> this bound.

You can get exact alignment with the packed attribute.

Andreas.

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