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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
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Subject: Re: stack alignment issues
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Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> > Well, if Linux aligns the initial stack, the chance that gcc will have
> > auto-alignment added sounds to be about zero.  You might as well go ahead
> > with your patch when you get a chance.
> 
> I agree, either way we should try to optimized the current situation,
> especially if it seems to give a 2x perf boost!

How about "aligning the initial stack"?

-- Terry

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