Based on feedback from grischka, this commit
(1) updates the name of the alignment constant to be more specific
(2) aligns all sections, including the first (which previosly was
not aligned)
(3) reduces the x86-64 alignment from 512 to 64 bytes.
The original x86-64 alignment of 512 bytes was based on testing.
After ensuring that the initial section is also aligned, the same
tests indicated that 64 bytes is sufficient.
Tests found excessive cache thrashing on x86-64 architectures. The
problem was traced to the alignment of sections. This patch sets up
an architecture-specific alignment of 512 bytes for x86-64 and 16
bytes for all others. It uses preprocessor directives that, hopefully,
make it easy to tweak for other architectures.
Starting early April, a number of commits were pushed to the mob branch
that did not reflect the interest, wishes, or code quality of the tcc
community. This commit reverts those commits, while cherry-picking
grishka's commit for win64 linkage issues.
David Mertens