gcc 時 mpreferredstackboundary

#include <stdio.h>
void function(int a,int b)
{
int array[5];  // total : 20 bytes.
}

main()
{
printf("this is where the return address points");
}

預設  -mpreferred-stack-boundary=4 ( the default is 4 ) i,e:one unit is 16 bytes

Dump of assembler code for function main:
0x00401394 <+0>: push %ebp
0x00401395 <+1>: mov %esp,%ebp
0x00401397 <+3>: and $0xfffffff0,%esp
0x0040139a <+6>: sub $0x10,%esp
0x0040139d <+9>: call 0x4018cc <__main>
0x004013a2 <+14>: movl $0x403064,(%esp)
0x004013a9 <+21>: call 0x401b04 <printf>
0x004013ae <+26>: leave
0x004013af <+27>: ret
End of assembler dump.

 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 i,e: one unit is 4 bytes

(gdb) disas main
Dump of assembler code for function main:
0x00401394 <+0>: push %ebp
0x00401395 <+1>: mov %esp,%ebp
0x00401397 <+3>: sub $0x4,%esp
0x0040139a <+6>: call 0x4018cc <__main>
0x0040139f <+11>: movl $0x403064,(%esp)
0x004013a6 <+18>: call 0x401b04 <printf>
0x004013ab <+23>: leave
0x004013ac <+24>: ret
End of assembler dump.

qoute:

   -mpreferred-stack-boundary=num
	       Attempt to keep the stack boundary aligned to a 2 raised to num
	       byte boundary.  If -mpreferred-stack-boundary is not specified, the
	       default is 4 (16 bytes or 128 bits).