On 02/03/2021 21:00, Gedare Bloom wrote:
+/*
+ * The use of explicit alignment is necessary below due to behavioral
+ * expectations of GCC on which RTEMS has relied in the past. These
+ * behaviors were consistent, but never guaranteed. Some newer platforms
+ * violate this previous consistency. For more information, see GCC bug
+ *https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99143
+ */
I think the comment can be simplified, but I can tell you got bugged
by this. (pun, intended)
To summarize my understanding, GCC now optimizes space more
aggressively, and if we want an explicit alignment, it has to be
explicitly made on each variable that must be aligned. ("typedef"
alignment now seems to be ignored.)
The problem is that GCC "optimizes" for speed (not size) aggressively
and may increase the alignment required by the type. The attribute is
required to force GCC to use specified requirement.
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