OFFSET1 = 4 .SYMBOL_ALIGNMENT LONG OFFSET2 = 8 OFFSET3 = 12 .SYMBOL_ALIGNMENT QUAD OFFSET4 = 16 .SYMBOL_ALIGNMENT NONE OFFSET5 = 20 . . . CLR1 OFFSET2(R8) . . . MOVL R2, OFFSET4(R6) For OFFSET1 and OFFSET5, the compiler will use only its tracking information for deciding if Rn in OFFSET1(Rn) is aligned or not. For the other references, the base register will be treated as longword (OFFSET2 and OFFSET3) or quadword (OFFSET4) aligned. After each use of OFFSET2 or OFFSET4, the base register in the reference is reset to longword alignment. In this example, the alignment of R8 and R6 will be reset to longword, although the reference to OFFSET4 will use the stronger quadword alignment.