https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=69502
--- Comment #5 from Sven <sven.koehler at gmail dot com> --- (In reply to sandra from comment #4) > Fixed on trunk. It's good thing that the documentation reflects the behavior of gcc. But on the other hand, having the align attribute work in both directions is a bad idea, IMHO. Using an attribute to specify an alignment guarantee (setting a lower bound on the actual alignment) is a benign thing. However, forcing lowering the alignment guarantee usually indicates some sort of "trickery" that may force the compiler to circumvent certain limitations of the underlying platform. These two concepts (increasing alignment, lowering alignment) should be kept strictly separate.
