https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61458
--- Comment #6 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to Paolo Carlini from comment #4) > Hi Jon. Frankly Are you 100% sure (in terms of middle-end/back-end details) > that the maximum alignment supported for a type of less than 4 bytes is 4? It's a good question, I'm definitely not 100% sure.