DJ Delorie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > It is to improve performance of string functions on larger chunks of > > data. x86-64 specify this, for x86 it is optional. I don't think we > > should end up warning here - it is done only for static variables where > > the alignment can be higher than what BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT promise. > > Higher than BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT? So, maybe we should rename it > ALMOST_BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT? I'm confused.
Yes, BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT is supposed to be the biggest alignment the compiler will ever use. So if ix86_data_alignment wants to return 256 for some variable, then it seems to me that BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT should be 256. Ian
