Problem about gcc 4.1 + binutil 2.16.92 + glibc 2.4 + ARM EABI

[Richard Earnshaw]

On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 07:58, Fengwei Yin wrote:

> int my_temp(void)
> {
> 	int i;
> 	int j;
> 	char str[2];

> 
> Please notice the address of the str and j. there IS NO memory hole
> between therm
> when using gcc 3.4.3 and there IS memory hole when using gcc 4.1. My question
> is: Why there is difference there. And what is the root cause of the
> difference (EABI
>  or gcc update)? Is there any gcc option to make them align?

This has nothing to do with the EABI.  Local variables are not laid out
on the stack in any particular order (and in many cases will never go on
the stack since they will live entirely in registers).

Please direct any follow-ups to gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org.  This is off-topic
for this list.

R.
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