Re: x86_64 and stack alignment

["John S. Fine" <johnsfine@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan Kruchinin wrote:
> Are there any gcc-specific rules about stack alignment on x86_64?
It isn't gcc-specific. The x86_64 stack alignment rule is in the ABI and 
compilers other than GCC also obey it.

Quoting from 3.2.2 in the ABI

the value (%rsp - 8) is always a multiple of 16 when control is 
transferred to the function entry point.