https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=82221
--- Comment #15 from H.J. Lu <hjl.tools at gmail dot com> --- (In reply to Josh Poimboeuf from comment #14) > (In reply to H.J. Lu from comment #13) > > (In reply to Josh Poimboeuf from comment #12) > > > I would like to clarify that most of the time, when we use "sp" in the > > > clobbers list, the stack does *not* need to be realigned. And in those > > > > Yes, stack alignment may be needed due to: > > > > typedef struct { > > u64 __attribute__((aligned(8))) counter; > > } atomic64_t; > > > > with -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2. > > Yes, in the above example that is true. However there are many more cases > in the kernel where we want to use the "sp" clobbers, where stack alignment > is not needed. DRAP is used only when stack realignment may be needed. If the code doesn't need more 4 byte alignment on stack, you won't run into this issue at all.