BUG: GCC-4.4.x changes the function frame on some functions

[Richard Guenther]

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:54 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> On 11/19/2009 07:44 AM, Andrew Haley wrote:
>>
>> We're aligning the stack properly, as per the ABI requirements.  Can't
>> you just fix the tracer?
>>
>
> "Per the ABI requirements?"  We're talking 32 bits, here.

Hm, even with

void bar (int *);
void foo (void)
{
  int x;
  bar (&x);
}

gcc -S -O2 -m32 -mincoming-stack-boundary=2 t.c

we re-align the stack.  That looks indeed bogus.

HJ, you invented all this code, what's the reason for the above?

Richard.