Re: alignas (C11)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: alignas (C11)
Date: 2026-01-23 22:18:44
Message-ID: 3148330.1769206724@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org> writes:
> On 23.01.26 18:33, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Not sure what to do about that, but I do read it as indicating that we
>> cannot put any faith in the compiler to honor such large alignment
>> demands.

> I think we could work around it like this:

> #if defined(__cplusplus) && defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ <= 6
> #define alignas(a) __attribute__((aligned(a)))
> #endif

Hmm, yeah, their bug #70066 shows clearly that the __attribute__
spelling should work. But I think we'd better make the cutoff be
version 9 not version 6, because that same bug is quite clear
about when they fixed it. The lack of complaints from the buildfarm
may just indicate a lack of animals running the intermediate versions.

regards, tom lane

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