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Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:48:02 +1100
From: Patrick Oppenlander <patrick.oppenlander@...il.com>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: unicorn_wang <unicorn_wang@...look.com>
Subject: Re: [Question] about arch/riscv64/crt_arch.h
On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 12:40 PM Chen Wang <unicorn_wang@...look.com> wrote:
>
> hi,
> I'm reading musl (1.2.1) code for riscv. In arch/riscv64/crt_arch.h,
>
> __asm__(
> ......
> "andi sp, sp, -16\n\t" // <--- why do we need this?
> "tail " START "_c"
> );
>
I'm not familiar with RISC-V, but it's there to guarantee that the
stack is 16-byte aligned which must be either an architectural or ABI
requirement.
Perhaps the kernel can start the process with a more relaxed stack
alignment. Otherwise it's there for safety (paranoia).
Patrick
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