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Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 09:04:09 -0600
From: Eric Rudd <rudd AT cyberoptics DOT com>
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Subject: Alignment problem
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When I execute the small program

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void) {
   void *ptr;

   ptr = malloc(1024);
   if (((int) ptr) & 7) {
      printf(" ptr %p not 8-byte aligned.\n", ptr);
   } else {
      printf(" ptr %p     8-byte aligned.\n", ptr);
   }
   free(ptr);
   return 0;
}

I get output like

 ptr 8f4e4 not 8-byte aligned.

about half the time.  I am currently running gcc 2.95.3, binutils
2.11.2, CWSDPMI r5 under PC-DOS 6.3.  The problem also exists in a DOS
box under Win95 (where CWSDPMI is not being used).

I am calling gcc with the following options:

   -O2
   -march=pentium
   -Wall
   -fomit-frame-pointer

I thought that this alignment problem had been solved in gcc 2.95 and
binutils 2.9.1.  What should I do to diagnose this problem further?

-Eric Rudd
rudd AT cyberoptics DOT com