Aligning Data

This section contains these topics:

• Alignment Attribute Syntax
  Use __attribute__ ((aligned(...))) directive to specify to the compiler on what memory boundary to store data objects.
• Aligning a Variable Declaration
  Use the alignment attribute to specify a variable's alignment.
• Alignment in a Structure Definition
  Use the alignment attribute to specify how instances of a structure should be aligned.
• Structure Member
  Use the alignment attribute to specify how to align a member in a structure.
• Typedef Declaration
  Use the alignment attribute to specify how objects of a specific type should be aligned.
• Bitfields
  If your program's structure has bitfields and the Power Architecture alignment does not give you as small a structure as you desire, double-check that you are specifying the smallest integer size for your bitfields.