On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 6:57 AM, Richard Guenther
<richard.guent...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 3:34 PM, H.J. Lu <hongjiu...@intel.com> wrote:
>> We have
>>
>> static unsigned int
>> get_decl_align_unit (tree decl)
>> {
>> unsigned int align = LOCAL_DECL_ALIGNMENT (decl);
>> return align / BITS_PER_UNIT;
>> }
>>
>> LOCAL_DECL_ALIGNMENT may increase alignment for local variable. But it is
>> never saved. DECL_ALIGN (decl) returns the old alignment. This patch
>> updates DECL_ALIGN if needed. OK for trunk if there are no regressions?
>
> A get_* function does not seem like a good place to do such things.
Any suggestion to how to do it properly? I can rename
get_decl_align_unit to align_local_variable.
> Why does it matter that DECL_ALIGN is updated?
>
My port needs accurate alignment information on local variables.
--
H.J.
