[llvm-dev] Over-alignment of globals?

[Luís Marques via llvm-dev]

Hi,

If we specify an explicit alignment attribute for globals (either at
the Clang or LLVM IR level) we get asm alignment directives with
values that seem to be `max(natural_alignment, specified_alignment)`.
This seems to happen for multiple archs. GCC instead just emits the
asked-for alignment. Is there a good reason for this LLVM behavior?

Example:
https://godbolt.org/z/B5ZcN_ (Clang)
https://godbolt.org/z/qpV7PV (GCC)

Thanks,
Luís