Re: [PATCH] Fix initramfs size calculation

[Michael Holzheu]

Hello Peter,

On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 13:10 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 08/25/2010 08:57 AM, Michael Holzheu wrote:
> > Certain s390 instructions, especially instructions for loading addresses
> > (larl) or branch addresses must be on even addresses. 
> 
> I have to admit to finding this fairly disturbing, as this is likely to
> come up again and again.  Is there any way to tell gcc (e.g. with an
> alignment attribute) that a particular symbol is not safe to be loaded
> with larl?

I think, it is not possible the change that in the compiler. The fact
that the compiler on s390 assumes that symbols are 2 byte aligned was a
design decission and is part of the ABI.

Michael 

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