linux-kernel - PATCH] Use -mpreferred-stack-boundary=3 on x86-64 if supported

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Date:	Sat, 23 Jun 2012 09:06:38 -0700
From:	"H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: PATCH] Use -mpreferred-stack-boundary=3 on x86-64 if supported

Hi,

-mpreferred-stack-boundary=3 can be used on x86-64 with GCC 4.8.0:

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53383

I backported it to hjl/x32/gcc-4_7-branch branch at

http://gcc.gnu.org/git/?p=gcc.git;a=summary

http://gcc.gnu.org/git/?p=gcc.git;a=commit;h=96828b1f869a31e3a1227afa420b8f28e71
e006c

This patch uses -mpreferred-stack-boundary=3 on x86-64 if it is supported.
I have been running 3.4 kernel compiled with this option for weeks.


H.J.

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