Purnendu/Gmail <purnendu@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On a solaris platform with gcc 3.0 the one i have
> out put for such a behaviour is pretty predictive.
>
> It allocates a stack of 120 for char a[1] to char a[8]
> then 128 for char a[9] to char a[16]
> and so on.
>
> for an integer array
> It allocates a stack of 120 for int a[1] and int a[2]
> then 128 for int a[3] to int a[4]
> and so on.
>
> with a allignment of 4 bytes
>
> ===============
>
> .file "help.c"
> .section ".text"
> .align 4
> .global main
> .type main,#function
> .proc 04
> main:
> !#PROLOGUE# 0
> save %sp, -128, %sp
This isn't just for your array. Most of it is for saving the register
stack.
> !#PROLOGUE# 1
> ret
> restore
> .LLfe1:
> .size main,.LLfe1-main
> .ident "GCC: (GNU) 3.0"
> ~
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