On Mon, Jan 09, 2023 at 01:58:23PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote: > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/linkage.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/linkage.h > index 1436fa1cde24d..df18a3446ce82 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/linkage.h > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/linkage.h > @@ -5,8 +5,14 @@ > #include <asm/assembler.h> > #endif > > -#define __ALIGN .align 2 > -#define __ALIGN_STR ".align 2" > +#if CONFIG_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT > 0 > +#define ARM64_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT CONFIG_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT > +#else > +#define ARM64_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT 4 > +#endif > + > +#define __ALIGN .balign ARM64_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT > +#define __ALIGN_STR ".balign " #ARM64_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT Isn't that much the same as having ARM64 select FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_4B and simply removing all these lines and relying on the default behaviour?