Set -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 flag if supported to avoid wasteful
stack alignments.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 9cb2e0e..7ad8c04 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -461,6 +461,19 @@
then
CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-strength-reduce"
fi
+
+ dnl Check for -mpreferred-stack-boundary
+ AC_CACHE_CHECK("for gcc -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 support",
+ ac_cv_c_gcc_stack_boundary,
+ [saved_cflags=$CFLAGS
+ CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2"
+ AC_TRY_COMPILE(,[return 0],ac_cv_c_gcc_stack_boundary="yes",ac_cv_c_gcc_stack_boundary="no")
+ CFLAGS=$saved_cflags
+ ])
+ if test "$ac_cv_c_gcc_stack_boundary" = "yes"
+ then
+ CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2"
+ fi
fi
dnl **** Check if we need to place .type inside a .def directive ****