Re: Tuple and changes for m68k with -malign-int

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 11:36 AM James Le Cuirot
<chewi@aura-online.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, 2023-08-27 at 10:46 +1000, Finn Thain wrote:
> > Moreover, why is it that only a few developers have a problem with making
> > explicit their decisions regarding alignment of shorts? What actual pain
> > does it cause them to accept a patch to make their struct layouts plain?
>
> Some projects do accept patches. Yann Collet was even kind enough to fix this
> in zstd themselves. On the other hand, we have had to fight to stop Python
> from dropping m68k support entirely. The real problem is the effort required
> to produce these patches. I haven't been able to wrap my head around this so
> far, but I would still like to learn. I could see myself eventually fixing
> mold, but LLVM feels like a very tall order.

Perhaps we need a new compiler warning: "hole in structure due to
non-natural alignment, please consider adding explicit padding"?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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