[llvm-dev] grouping global variables by alignment: safe to do at LLVM level, or only at Clang level?

[Matt Arsenault via llvm-dev]

> On Jul 26, 2016, at 10:27, Abe Skolnik <a.skolnik at samsung.com> wrote:
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> On 07/26/2016 12:02 PM, Matt Arsenault wrote:
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>> We have a problem where some globals are lowered to an immediate address in the DAG.
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> My apologies, but I don`t think I really understood that statement.  Could anybody please expand/explain?
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> Regards,
> 
> Abe

The first allocated global has address 0. If a 16 byte object is allocated, the next object’s address will be the constant 16

-Matt