------- Additional Comments From dje at gcc dot gnu dot org 2005-05-12 00:17 ------- I believe that one could use a GCC attribute to say that the arena will be aligned, but one needs to sprinkle the attribute everywhere that the pointer is allocated and passed as an argument, not just aligning the small buffer itself.
-- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21226