In cmd/compile/internal/gc/pgen.go:185, we do:

		if thearch.LinkArch.InFamily(sys.MIPS, sys.MIPS64, sys.ARM, sys.ARM64, sys.PPC64, sys.S390X) {
			s.stksize = Rnd(s.stksize, int64(Widthptr))
		}

This code originated in commit 2ac375b (then called cmd/gc/pgen.c:474, committed by Luuk van Dijk).

		if(thechar == '5')
			stksize = rnd(stksize, widthptr);

There's no indication why this code was added. I suspect it is not necessary (maybe it was, but is no longer). This issue is to investigate why we do this and whether we can remove it.

Reported on go-nuts by Eric from arm.

For a simple repro, compile

package main

func g()
func f(p, q *int16) {
	x := *p
	y := *q
	g()
	*p = y
	*q = x
}

The autotmps should be 2 bytes apart, not 8. They are 2 bytes apart on amd64, but not arm64.