> > > 33 - 48 = 56 > > > 49 - 64 = 72 > > > > > > Can anybody please explain me , > > > what is the reason behind this ? > > > > > > Why is it that only the required > > > amount of stack is not allocated ? > > > > compilers tend to optimize by keeping the stack aligned > > on certin boundries and also some machines always require > > that say the stack point must always be on a quad word > > boundry. Do you actually use the variable at all ? > > a really simple compliler optimizeation is to remove anything that > > is not referenced even when you dont use and optimizeation flags. > > One question remains. What are the 8 extra bytes for? 2 pointers are stored around there at the start of the stack a frame pointer and a pointer to the old stack frame i think. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
