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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
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"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> writes:
> 
> I don't know what would cause the stack to be misaligned, however.

x86-64 kernel doesn't guarantee the stack to be 16 byte aligned
(although it usually is). If you need 16 byte alignment you have 
to align yourself.

-Andi