trylink: produce even more info about final link stage

trylink: explain how to modify link and drastically decrease amount
  of padding (unfortunately, needs hand editing ATM).
*: add ALIGN1 / ALIGN2 to global strings and arrays of bytes and shorts

size saving: 0.5k

119 files changed, 494 insertions, 447 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index afb4663e8..f6991ac4c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ busybox-all  := $(core-y) $(libs-y)
 # May be overridden by arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile
 quiet_cmd_busybox__ ?= LINK    $@
       cmd_busybox__ ?= $(srctree)/scripts/trylink $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) \
-      -o $@ -Wl,-M \
+      -o $@ -Wl,-Map -Wl,$@.map \
       -Wl,--warn-common -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--gc-sections \
       -Wl,--start-group $(busybox-all) -Wl,--end-group \
       $(LDLIBS)
diff --git a/applets/Kbuild b/applets/Kbuild
index e6c5bd506..cf7d29751 100644
--- a/applets/Kbuild
+++ b/applets/Kbuild
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ quiet_cmd_gen_usage_compressed = GEN     include/usage_compressed.h
 HOSTCFLAGS_usage.o = -I$(srctree)/include
 
 applets/applets.o:          include/usage_compressed.h
-applets/usage:              .config
-include/usage_compressed.h: applets/usage
+applets/usage:              .config $(srctree)/applets/usage_compressed
+include/usage_compressed.h: applets/usage $(srctree)/applets/usage_compressed
 	$(call cmd,gen_usage_compressed)
diff --git a/applets/applets.c b/applets/applets.c
index 89dea3e6a..6ff4301e4 100644
--- a/applets/applets.c
+++ b/applets/applets.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 #if ENABLE_SHOW_USAGE && !ENABLE_FEATURE_COMPRESS_USAGE
 /* Define usage_messages[] */
-static const char usage_messages[] = ""
+static const char usage_messages[] ALIGN1 = ""
 #define MAKE_USAGE
 #include "usage.h"
 #include "applets.h"
@@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ static char *get_trimmed_slice(char *s, char *e)
 }
 
 /* Don't depend on the tools to combine strings. */
-static const char config_file[] = "/etc/busybox.conf";
+static const char config_file[] ALIGN1 = "/etc/busybox.conf";
 
 /* We don't supply a value for the nul, so an index adjustment is
  * necessary below.  Also, we use unsigned short here to save some
  * space even though these are really mode_t values. */
-static const unsigned short mode_mask[] = {
+static const unsigned short mode_mask[] ALIGN2 = {
 	/*  SST     sst                 xxx         --- */
 	S_ISUID,    S_ISUID|S_IXUSR,    S_IXUSR,    0,	/* user */
 	S_ISGID,    S_ISGID|S_IXGRP,    S_IXGRP,    0,	/* group */
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static void parse_config_file(void)
 
 				for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
 					/* There are 4 chars + 1 nul for each of user/group/other. */
-					static const char mode_chars[] = "Ssx-\0" "Ssx-\0" "Ttx-";
+					static const char mode_chars[] ALIGN1 = "Ssx-\0" "Ssx-\0" "Ttx-";
 
 					const char *q;
 					q = strchrnul(mode_chars + 5*i, *e++);
@@ -499,8 +499,8 @@ static void install_links(const char *busybox, int use_symbolic_links)
 	/* directory table
 	 * this should be consistent w/ the enum,
 	 * busybox.h::bb_install_loc_t, or else... */
-	static const char usr_bin [] = "/usr/bin";
-	static const char usr_sbin[] = "/usr/sbin";
+	static const char usr_bin [] ALIGN1 = "/usr/bin";
+	static const char usr_sbin[] ALIGN1 = "/usr/sbin";
 	static const char *const install_dir[] = {
 		&usr_bin [8], /* "", equivalent to "/" for concat_path_file() */
 		&usr_bin [4], /* "/bin" */
diff --git a/applets/usage_compressed b/applets/usage_compressed
index fd581cc66..9da683088 100755
--- a/applets/usage_compressed
+++ b/applets/usage_compressed
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ sz=`"$loc/usage" | wc -c` || exit 1
 
 exec >"$target"
 
-echo 'static const char packed_usage[] = '
+echo 'static const char packed_usage[] ALIGN1 = '
 "$loc/usage" | bzip2 -1 | od -v -t x1 \
 | $SED -e 's/^[^ ]*//' -e 's/  *\(..\)/\\x\1/g' -e 's/^\(.*\)$/"\1"/'
 echo ';'
diff --git a/archival/ar.c b/archival/ar.c
index e85ca5c6f..7b16c2b59 100644
--- a/archival/ar.c
+++ b/archival/ar.c
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ static void header_verbose_list_ar(const file_header_t *file_header)
 int ar_main(int argc, char **argv);
 int ar_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+	static const char msg_unsupported_err[] ALIGN1 =
+		"archive %s is not supported";
+
 	archive_handle_t *archive_handle;
 	unsigned opt;
-	static const char msg_unsupported_err[] =
-			"Archive %s not supported.  Install binutils 'ar'.";
 	char magic[8];
 
 	archive_handle = init_handle();
@@ -88,7 +89,8 @@ int ar_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	archive_handle->offset += 7;
 
-	while (get_header_ar(archive_handle) == EXIT_SUCCESS) /* repeat */;
+	while (get_header_ar(archive_handle) == EXIT_SUCCESS)
+		continue;
 
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/archival/dpkg.c b/archival/dpkg.c
index bd729a2a9..0c1f96fc9 100644
--- a/archival/dpkg.c
+++ b/archival/dpkg.c
@@ -582,7 +582,8 @@ static int read_package_field(const char *package_buffer, char **field_name, cha
 
 static unsigned fill_package_struct(char *control_buffer)
 {
-	static const char field_names[] = "Package\0""Version\0"
+	static const char field_names[] ALIGN1 =
+		"Package\0""Version\0"
 		"Pre-Depends\0""Depends\0""Replaces\0""Provides\0"
 		"Conflicts\0""Suggests\0""Recommends\0""Enhances\0";
 
@@ -1226,7 +1227,7 @@ static int run_package_script(const char *package_name, const char *script_type)
 	return result;
 }
 
-static const char *all_control_files[] = {
+static const char *const all_control_files[] = {
 	"preinst", "postinst", "prerm", "postrm",
 	"list", "md5sums", "shlibs", "conffiles",
 	"config", "templates", NULL
diff --git a/archival/gzip.c b/archival/gzip.c
index 08c660e40..83d78e47c 100644
--- a/archival/gzip.c
+++ b/archival/gzip.c
@@ -768,26 +768,24 @@ static void check_match(IPos start, IPos match, int length)
 #define BL_CODES  19
 /* number of codes used to transfer the bit lengths */
 
-typedef uch extra_bits_t;
-
 /* extra bits for each length code */
-static const extra_bits_t extra_lbits[LENGTH_CODES]= {
+static const uint8_t extra_lbits[LENGTH_CODES] ALIGN1 = {
 	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4,
 	4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 0
 };
 
 /* extra bits for each distance code */
-static const extra_bits_t extra_dbits[D_CODES] = {
+static const uint8_t extra_dbits[D_CODES] ALIGN1 = {
 	0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9,
 	10, 10, 11, 11, 12, 12, 13, 13
 };
 
 /* extra bits for each bit length code */
-static const extra_bits_t extra_blbits[BL_CODES] = {
+static const uint8_t extra_blbits[BL_CODES] ALIGN1 = {
 	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 3, 7 };
 
 /* number of codes at each bit length for an optimal tree */
-static const uch bl_order[BL_CODES] = {
+static const uint8_t bl_order[BL_CODES] ALIGN1 = {
 	16, 17, 18, 0, 8, 7, 9, 6, 10, 5, 11, 4, 12, 3, 13, 2, 14, 1, 15 };
 
 #define STORED_BLOCK 0
@@ -861,7 +859,7 @@ typedef struct ct_data {
 typedef struct tree_desc {
 	ct_data *dyn_tree;	/* the dynamic tree */
 	ct_data *static_tree;	/* corresponding static tree or NULL */
-	const extra_bits_t *extra_bits;	/* extra bits for each code or NULL */
+	const uint8_t *extra_bits;	/* extra bits for each code or NULL */
 	int extra_base;		/* base index for extra_bits */
 	int elems;			/* max number of elements in the tree */
 	int max_length;		/* max bit length for the codes */
@@ -1064,7 +1062,7 @@ static void pqdownheap(ct_data * tree, int k)
 static void gen_bitlen(tree_desc * desc)
 {
 	ct_data *tree = desc->dyn_tree;
-	const extra_bits_t *extra = desc->extra_bits;
+	const uint8_t *extra = desc->extra_bits;
 	int base = desc->extra_base;
 	int max_code = desc->max_code;
 	int max_length = desc->max_length;
diff --git a/archival/libunarchive/decompress_unzip.c b/archival/libunarchive/decompress_unzip.c
index c698763d3..ead628ed5 100644
--- a/archival/libunarchive/decompress_unzip.c
+++ b/archival/libunarchive/decompress_unzip.c
@@ -182,39 +182,39 @@ static state_t* alloc_state(void)
 #endif
 
 
-static const unsigned short mask_bits[] = {
+static const unsigned short mask_bits[] ALIGN2 = {
 	0x0000, 0x0001, 0x0003, 0x0007, 0x000f, 0x001f, 0x003f, 0x007f, 0x00ff,
 	0x01ff, 0x03ff, 0x07ff, 0x0fff, 0x1fff, 0x3fff, 0x7fff, 0xffff
 };
 
 /* Copy lengths for literal codes 257..285 */
-static const unsigned short cplens[] = {
+static const unsigned short cplens[] ALIGN2 = {
 	3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 23, 27, 31, 35, 43, 51, 59,
 	67, 83, 99, 115, 131, 163, 195, 227, 258, 0, 0
 };
 
 /* note: see note #13 above about the 258 in this list. */
 /* Extra bits for literal codes 257..285 */
-static const unsigned char cplext[] = {
+static const unsigned char cplext[] ALIGN1 = {
 	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5,
 	5, 5, 5, 0, 99, 99
 }; /* 99 == invalid */
 
 /* Copy offsets for distance codes 0..29 */
-static const unsigned short cpdist[] = {
+static const unsigned short cpdist[] ALIGN2 = {
 	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 13, 17, 25, 33, 49, 65, 97, 129, 193, 257, 385, 513,
 	769, 1025, 1537, 2049, 3073, 4097, 6145, 8193, 12289, 16385, 24577
 };
 
 /* Extra bits for distance codes */
-static const unsigned char cpdext[] = {
+static const unsigned char cpdext[] ALIGN1 = {
 	0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10,
 	11, 11, 12, 12, 13, 13
 };
 
 /* Tables for deflate from PKZIP's appnote.txt. */
 /* Order of the bit length code lengths */
-static const unsigned char border[] = {
+static const unsigned char border[] ALIGN1 = {
 	16, 17, 18, 0, 8, 7, 9, 6, 10, 5, 11, 4, 12, 3, 13, 2, 14, 1, 15
 };
 
diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index 7d7bf79d6..bed8cf24c 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ enum {
 	OPT_NOPRESERVE_PERM = 1 << OPTBIT_NOPRESERVE_PERM, // no-same-permissions
 };
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_TAR_LONG_OPTIONS
-static const char tar_longopts[] =
+static const char tar_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 	"list\0"                No_argument       "t"
 	"extract\0"             No_argument       "x"
 	"directory\0"           Required_argument "C"
diff --git a/console-tools/setconsole.c b/console-tools/setconsole.c
index 5908dad48..a9bbc78d5 100644
--- a/console-tools/setconsole.c
+++ b/console-tools/setconsole.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "libbb.h"
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_SETCONSOLE_LONG_OPTIONS
-static const char setconsole_longopts[] =
+static const char setconsole_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 	"reset\0" No_argument "r"
 	;
 #endif
diff --git a/coreutils/cal.c b/coreutils/cal.c
index f8fc0b0d3..37aca00bb 100644
--- a/coreutils/cal.c
+++ b/coreutils/cal.c
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 #define	MAXDAYS			42		/* max slots in a month array */
 #define	SPACE			-1		/* used in day array */
 
-static const unsigned char days_in_month[] = {
+static const unsigned char days_in_month[] ALIGN1 = {
 	0, 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31
 };
 
-static const unsigned char sep1752[] = {
+static const unsigned char sep1752[] ALIGN1 = {
 		 1,	2,	14,	15,	16,
 	17,	18,	19,	20,	21,	22,	23,
 	24,	25,	26,	27,	28,	29,	30
diff --git a/coreutils/cut.c b/coreutils/cut.c
index 435b21070..2598a9a7c 100644
--- a/coreutils/cut.c
+++ b/coreutils/cut.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 
 /* option vars */
-static const char optstring[] = "b:c:f:d:sn";
+static const char optstring[] ALIGN1 = "b:c:f:d:sn";
 #define CUT_OPT_BYTE_FLGS	(1<<0)
 #define CUT_OPT_CHAR_FLGS	(1<<1)
 #define CUT_OPT_FIELDS_FLGS	(1<<2)
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static void cut_file(FILE * file)
 	}
 }
 
-static const char _op_on_field[] = " only when operating on fields";
+static const char _op_on_field[] ALIGN1 = " only when operating on fields";
 
 int cut_main(int argc, char **argv);
 int cut_main(int argc, char **argv)
diff --git a/coreutils/date.c b/coreutils/date.c
index 5e2bcee3b..5ee70f703 100644
--- a/coreutils/date.c
+++ b/coreutils/date.c
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ int date_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		if (!isofmt_arg) {
 			ifmt = 0; /* default is date */
 		} else {
-			static const char * const isoformats[] =
-				{ "date", "hours", "minutes", "seconds" };
+			static const char *const isoformats[] = {
+				"date", "hours", "minutes", "seconds"
+			};
 
 			for (ifmt = 0; ifmt < 4; ifmt++)
 				if (!strcmp(isofmt_arg, isoformats[ifmt]))
diff --git a/coreutils/dd.c b/coreutils/dd.c
index 3b4b1d785..b17bb5969 100644
--- a/coreutils/dd.c
+++ b/coreutils/dd.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static void dd_output_status(int ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED cur_signal)
 }
 
 static ssize_t full_write_or_warn(int fd, const void *buf, size_t len,
-	const char * const filename)
+	const char *const filename)
 {
 	ssize_t n = full_write(fd, buf, len);
 	if (n < 0)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ int dd_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		FLAG_TWOBUFS = 1 << 3,
 		FLAG_COUNT   = 1 << 4,
 	};
-	static const char keywords[] =
+	static const char keywords[] ALIGN1 =
 		"bs=\0""count=\0""seek=\0""skip=\0""if=\0""of=\0"
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS
 		"ibs=\0""obs=\0""conv=\0""notrunc\0""sync\0""noerror\0"
diff --git a/coreutils/df.c b/coreutils/df.c
index 82730806e..5154eeb45 100644
--- a/coreutils/df.c
+++ b/coreutils/df.c
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ int df_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	FILE *mount_table;
 	struct mntent *mount_entry;
 	struct statfs s;
-	static const char hdr_1k[] = "1k-blocks"; /* default display is kilobytes */
+	/* default display is kilobytes */
+	static const char hdr_1k[] ALIGN1 = "1k-blocks";
 	const char *disp_units_hdr = hdr_1k;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_HUMAN_READABLE
diff --git a/coreutils/du.c b/coreutils/du.c
index cb3e715d9..19748719a 100644
--- a/coreutils/du.c
+++ b/coreutils/du.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static int one_file_system;
 static dev_t dir_dev;
 
 
-static void print(long size, const char * const filename)
+static void print(long size, const char *const filename)
 {
 	/* TODO - May not want to defer error checking here. */
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_HUMAN_READABLE
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static void print(long size, const char * const filename)
 }
 
 /* tiny recursive du */
-static long du(const char * const filename)
+static long du(const char *const filename)
 {
 	struct stat statbuf;
 	long sum;
diff --git a/coreutils/env.c b/coreutils/env.c
index 3008358ec..dc8667181 100644
--- a/coreutils/env.c
+++ b/coreutils/env.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ extern char **environ;
 #include "libbb.h"
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_ENV_LONG_OPTIONS
-static const char env_longopts[] =
+static const char env_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 	"ignore-environment\0" No_argument       "i"
 	"unset\0"              Required_argument "u"
 	;
diff --git a/coreutils/expr.c b/coreutils/expr.c
index 6a4683d90..318fee721 100644
--- a/coreutils/expr.c
+++ b/coreutils/expr.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static VALUE *eval7(void)
 
 static VALUE *eval6(void)
 {
-	static const char keywords[] =
+	static const char keywords[] ALIGN1 =
 		"quote\0""length\0""match\0""index\0""substr\0";
 
 	VALUE *r, *i1, *i2;
diff --git a/coreutils/head.c b/coreutils/head.c
index bffba4043..a48f147a2 100644
--- a/coreutils/head.c
+++ b/coreutils/head.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #include "libbb.h"
 
-static const char head_opts[] =
+static const char head_opts[] ALIGN1 =
 	"n:"
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_FANCY_HEAD
 	"c:qv"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static const struct suffix_mult head_suffixes[] = {
 };
 #endif
 
-static const char header_fmt_str[] = "\n==> %s <==\n";
+static const char header_fmt_str[] ALIGN1 = "\n==> %s <==\n";
 
 int head_main(int argc, char **argv);
 int head_main(int argc, char **argv)
diff --git a/coreutils/install.c b/coreutils/install.c
index c2638f492..79cd02036 100644
--- a/coreutils/install.c
+++ b/coreutils/install.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "libcoreutils/coreutils.h"
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_INSTALL_LONG_OPTIONS
-static const char install_longopts[] =
+static const char install_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 	"directory\0"           No_argument       "d"
 	"preserve-timestamps\0" No_argument       "p"
 	"strip\0"               No_argument       "s"
diff --git a/coreutils/ls.c b/coreutils/ls.c
index 920fad85e..2b2925557 100644
--- a/coreutils/ls.c
+++ b/coreutils/ls.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ SPLIT_SUBDIR    = 2,
 static smallint show_color;
 /* long option entry used only for --color, which has no short option
  * equivalent */
-static const char ls_color_opt[] =
+static const char ls_color_opt[] ALIGN1 =
 	"color\0" Optional_argument "\xff" /* no short equivalent */
 	;
 #else
@@ -710,7 +710,8 @@ static int list_single(struct dnode *dn)
 /* "[-]SXvThw", GNU options, busybox optionally supports */
 /* "[-]K", SELinux mandated options, busybox optionally supports */
 /* "[-]e", I think we made this one up */
-static const char ls_options[] = "Cadil1gnsxAk"
+static const char ls_options[] ALIGN1 =
+	"Cadil1gnsxAk"
 	USE_FEATURE_LS_TIMESTAMPS("cetu")
 	USE_FEATURE_LS_SORTFILES("SXrv")
 	USE_FEATURE_LS_FILETYPES("Fp")
diff --git a/coreutils/mkdir.c b/coreutils/mkdir.c
index a6eaa9612..22a070c31 100644
--- a/coreutils/mkdir.c
+++ b/coreutils/mkdir.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 /* This is a NOFORK applet. Be very careful! */
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_MKDIR_LONG_OPTIONS
-static const char mkdir_longopts[] =
+static const char mkdir_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 	"mode\0"    Required_argument "m"
 	"parents\0" No_argument       "p"
 #if ENABLE_SELINUX
diff --git a/coreutils/mknod.c b/coreutils/mknod.c
index 415ef55c1..ea6f24ae6 100644
--- a/coreutils/mknod.c
+++ b/coreutils/mknod.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "libbb.h"
 #include "libcoreutils/coreutils.h"
 
-static const char modes_chars[] = { 'p', 'c', 'u', 'b', 0, 1, 1, 2 };
+static const char modes_chars[] ALIGN1 = { 'p', 'c', 'u', 'b', 0, 1, 1, 2 };
 static const mode_t modes_cubp[] = { S_IFIFO, S_IFCHR, S_IFBLK };
 
 int mknod_main(int argc, char **argv);
diff --git a/coreutils/mv.c b/coreutils/mv.c
index 064407838..4cd0fcfba 100644
--- a/coreutils/mv.c
+++ b/coreutils/mv.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include "libcoreutils/coreutils.h"
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_MV_LONG_OPTIONS
-static const char mv_longopts[] =
+static const char mv_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 	"interactive\0" No_argument "i"
 	"force\0"       No_argument "f"
 	;
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ static const char mv_longopts[] =
 #define OPT_FILEUTILS_FORCE       1
 #define OPT_FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE 2
 
-static const char fmt[] = "cannot overwrite %sdirectory with %sdirectory";
+static const char fmt[] ALIGN1 =
+	"cannot overwrite %sdirectory with %sdirectory";
 
 int mv_main(int argc, char **argv);
 int mv_main(int argc, char **argv)
diff --git a/coreutils/od.c b/coreutils/od.c
index 00de080b6..114a746fa 100644
--- a/coreutils/od.c
+++ b/coreutils/od.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ odoffset(int argc, char ***argvp)
 	}
 }
 
-static const char * const add_strings[] = {
+static const char *const add_strings[] = {
 	"16/1 \"%3_u \" \"\\n\"",				/* a */
 	"8/2 \" %06o \" \"\\n\"",				/* B, o */
 	"16/1 \"%03o \" \"\\n\"",				/* b */
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ static const char * const add_strings[] = {
 	"4/4 \"    %011o \" \"\\n\"",			/* O */
 };
 
-static const char od_opts[] = "aBbcDdeFfHhIiLlOoXxv";
+static const char od_opts[] ALIGN1 = "aBbcDdeFfHhIiLlOoXxv";
 
-static const char od_o2si[] = {
+static const char od_o2si[] ALIGN1 = {
 	0, 1, 2, 3, 5,
 	4, 6, 6, 7, 8,
 	9, 0xa, 0xb, 0xa, 0xa,
diff --git a/coreutils/od_bloaty.c b/coreutils/od_bloaty.c
index e30860544..d3c9f9a17 100644
--- a/coreutils/od_bloaty.c
+++ b/coreutils/od_bloaty.c
@@ -129,20 +129,20 @@ struct tspec {
    10	unsigned decimal
    8	unsigned hexadecimal  */
 
-static const uint8_t bytes_to_oct_digits[] =
+static const uint8_t bytes_to_oct_digits[] ALIGN1 =
 {0, 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 16, 19, 22, 25, 27, 30, 32, 35, 38, 41, 43};
 
-static const uint8_t bytes_to_signed_dec_digits[] =
+static const uint8_t bytes_to_signed_dec_digits[] ALIGN1 =
 {1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 28, 30, 33, 35, 37, 40};
 
-static const uint8_t bytes_to_unsigned_dec_digits[] =
+static const uint8_t bytes_to_unsigned_dec_digits[] ALIGN1 =
 {0, 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 25, 27, 29, 32, 34, 37, 39};
 
-static const uint8_t bytes_to_hex_digits[] =
+static const uint8_t bytes_to_hex_digits[] ALIGN1 =
 {0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32};
 
 /* Convert enum size_spec to the size of the named type.  */
-static const signed char width_bytes[] = {
+static const signed char width_bytes[] ALIGN1 = {
 	-1,
 	sizeof(char),
 	sizeof(short),
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static char const *const default_file_list[] = { "-", NULL };
 static FILE *in_stream;
 
 #define MAX_INTEGRAL_TYPE_SIZE sizeof(ulonglong_t)
-static unsigned char integral_type_size[MAX_INTEGRAL_TYPE_SIZE + 1] = {
+static unsigned char integral_type_size[MAX_INTEGRAL_TYPE_SIZE + 1] ALIGN1 = {
 	[sizeof(char)] = CHAR,
 #if USHRT_MAX != UCHAR_MAX
 	[sizeof(short)] = SHORT,
@@ -229,11 +229,11 @@ static unsigned char integral_type_size[MAX_INTEGRAL_TYPE_SIZE + 1] = {
 };
 
 #define MAX_FP_TYPE_SIZE sizeof(longdouble_t)
-static unsigned char fp_type_size[MAX_FP_TYPE_SIZE + 1] = {
+static unsigned char fp_type_size[MAX_FP_TYPE_SIZE + 1] ALIGN1 = {
 	/* gcc seems to allow repeated indexes. Last one stays */
 	[sizeof(longdouble_t)] = FLOAT_LONG_DOUBLE,
 	[sizeof(double)] = FLOAT_DOUBLE,
-	[sizeof(float)] = FLOAT_SINGLE,
+	[sizeof(float)] = FLOAT_SINGLE
 };
 
 
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ print_named_ascii(size_t n_bytes, const char *block,
 		const char *unused_fmt_string ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
 	/* Names for some non-printing characters.  */
-	static const char charname[33][3] = {
+	static const char charname[33][3] ALIGN1 = {
 		"nul", "soh", "stx", "etx", "eot", "enq", "ack", "bel",
 		" bs", " ht", " nl", " vt", " ff", " cr", " so", " si",
 		"dle", "dc1", "dc2", "dc3", "dc4", "nak", "syn", "etb",
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ decode_one_format(const char *s_orig, const char *s, const char **next,
 	case 'o':
 	case 'u':
 	case 'x': {
-		static const char CSIL[] = "CSIL";
+		static const char CSIL[] ALIGN1 = "CSIL";
 
 		c = *s++;
 		p = strchr(CSIL, *s);
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ decode_one_format(const char *s_orig, const char *s, const char **next,
 		size_spec = integral_type_size[size];
 
 		{
-			static const char doux[] = "doux";
+			static const char doux[] ALIGN1 = "doux";
 			static const char doux_fmt_letter[][4] = {
 				"lld", "llo", "llu", "llx"
 			};
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ decode_one_format(const char *s_orig, const char *s, const char **next,
 	}
 
 	case 'f': {
-		static const char FDL[] = "FDL";
+		static const char FDL[] ALIGN1 = "FDL";
 
 		fmt = FLOATING_POINT;
 		++s;
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ format_address_none(off_t address ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, char c ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
 }
 
-static char address_fmt[] = "%0n"OFF_FMT"xc";
+static char address_fmt[] ALIGN1 = "%0n"OFF_FMT"xc";
 /* Corresponds to 'x' above */
 #define address_base_char address_fmt[sizeof(address_fmt)-3]
 /* Corresponds to 'n' above */
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ int od_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		OPT_traditional = (1 << 18) * ENABLE_GETOPT_LONG,
 	};
 #if ENABLE_GETOPT_LONG
-	static const char od_longopts[] =
+	static const char od_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 		"skip-bytes\0"        Required_argument "j"
 		"address-radix\0"     Required_argument "A"
 		"read-bytes\0"        Required_argument "N"
@@ -1268,11 +1268,11 @@ int od_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	argc -= optind;
 	argv += optind;
 	if (opt & OPT_A) {
-		static const char doxn[] = "doxn";
-		static const char doxn_address_base_char[] = {
+		static const char doxn[] ALIGN1 = "doxn";
+		static const char doxn_address_base_char[] ALIGN1 = {
 			'u', 'o', 'x', /* '?' fourth one is not important */
 		};
-		static const uint8_t doxn_address_pad_len_char[] = {
+		static const uint8_t doxn_address_pad_len_char[] ALIGN1 = {
 			'7', '7', '6', /* '?' */
 		};
 		char *p;
diff --git a/coreutils/sort.c b/coreutils/sort.c
index 6371139cb..98c1bc34a 100644
--- a/coreutils/sort.c
+++ b/coreutils/sort.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 */
 
 /* These are sort types */
-static const char OPT_STR[] = "ngMucszbrdfimS:T:o:k:t:";
+static const char OPT_STR[] ALIGN1 = "ngMucszbrdfimS:T:o:k:t:";
 enum {
 	FLAG_n  = 1,            /* Numeric sort */
 	FLAG_g  = 2,            /* Sort using strtod() */
diff --git a/coreutils/stat.c b/coreutils/stat.c
index 7c72127c5..0fddea2bb 100644
--- a/coreutils/stat.c
+++ b/coreutils/stat.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #define OPT_DEREFERENCE	(1<<2)
 #define OPT_SELINUX		(1<<3)
 
-static char buf[sizeof("YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.000000000")];
+static char buf[sizeof("YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.000000000")] ALIGN1;
 
 static char const * file_type(struct stat const *st)
 {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static char const *human_fstype(long f_type)
 	int i;
 	static const struct types {
 		long type;
-		const char * const fs;
+		const char *const fs;
 	} humantypes[] = {
 		{ 0xADFF,     "affs" },
 		{ 0x1Cd1,     "devpts" },
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static char const *human_fstype(long f_type)
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_STAT_FORMAT
 /* print statfs info */
 static void print_statfs(char *pformat, const size_t buf_len, const char m,
-			 const char * const filename, void const *data
+			 const char *const filename, void const *data
 			 USE_SELINUX(, security_context_t scontext))
 {
 	struct statfs const *statfsbuf = data;
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static void print_statfs(char *pformat, const size_t buf_len, const char m,
 
 /* print stat info */
 static void print_stat(char *pformat, const size_t buf_len, const char m,
-		       const char * const filename, void const *data
+		       const char *const filename, void const *data
 			   USE_SELINUX(, security_context_t scontext))
 {
 #define TYPE_SIGNED(t) (! ((t) 0 < (t) -1))
diff --git a/coreutils/stty.c b/coreutils/stty.c
index fbb72baa9..863f28d92 100644
--- a/coreutils/stty.c
+++ b/coreutils/stty.c
@@ -127,28 +127,28 @@ enum {
 	control, input, output, local, combination
 };
 
-static const char evenp     [] = "evenp";
-static const char raw       [] = "raw";
-static const char stty_min  [] = "min";
-static const char stty_time [] = "time";
-static const char stty_swtch[] = "swtch";
-static const char stty_eol  [] = "eol";
-static const char stty_eof  [] = "eof";
-static const char parity    [] = "parity";
-static const char stty_oddp [] = "oddp";
-static const char stty_nl   [] = "nl";
-static const char stty_ek   [] = "ek";
-static const char stty_sane [] = "sane";
-static const char cbreak    [] = "cbreak";
-static const char stty_pass8[] = "pass8";
-static const char litout    [] = "litout";
-static const char cooked    [] = "cooked";
-static const char decctlq   [] = "decctlq";
-static const char stty_tabs [] = "tabs";
-static const char stty_lcase[] = "lcase";
-static const char stty_LCASE[] = "LCASE";
-static const char stty_crt  [] = "crt";
-static const char stty_dec  [] = "dec";
+static const char evenp     [] ALIGN1 = "evenp";
+static const char raw       [] ALIGN1 = "raw";
+static const char stty_min  [] ALIGN1 = "min";
+static const char stty_time [] ALIGN1 = "time";
+static const char stty_swtch[] ALIGN1 = "swtch";
+static const char stty_eol  [] ALIGN1 = "eol";
+static const char stty_eof  [] ALIGN1 = "eof";
+static const char parity    [] ALIGN1 = "parity";
+static const char stty_oddp [] ALIGN1 = "oddp";
+static const char stty_nl   [] ALIGN1 = "nl";
+static const char stty_ek   [] ALIGN1 = "ek";
+static const char stty_sane [] ALIGN1 = "sane";
+static const char cbreak    [] ALIGN1 = "cbreak";
+static const char stty_pass8[] ALIGN1 = "pass8";
+static const char litout    [] ALIGN1 = "litout";
+static const char cooked    [] ALIGN1 = "cooked";
+static const char decctlq   [] ALIGN1 = "decctlq";
+static const char stty_tabs [] ALIGN1 = "tabs";
+static const char stty_lcase[] ALIGN1 = "lcase";
+static const char stty_LCASE[] ALIGN1 = "LCASE";
+static const char stty_crt  [] ALIGN1 = "crt";
+static const char stty_dec  [] ALIGN1 = "dec";
 
 /* Flags for 'struct mode_info' */
 #define SANE_SET 1              /* Set in 'sane' mode                  */
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static const char stty_dec  [] = "dec";
 
 /* Each mode */
 struct mode_info {
-	const char * const name;      /* Name given on command line           */
+	const char *const name;      /* Name given on command line           */
 	const unsigned char type;     /* Which structure element to change    */
 	const unsigned char flags;    /* Setting and display options          */
 	/* were using short here, but ppc32 was unhappy: */
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ enum {
 
 /* Control character settings */
 struct control_info {
-	const char * const name;               /* Name given on command line */
+	const char *const name;               /* Name given on command line */
 	const unsigned char saneval;          /* Value to set for 'stty sane' */
 	const unsigned char offset;           /* Offset in c_cc */
 };
@@ -417,11 +417,11 @@ static const char *visible(unsigned ch)
 
 static tcflag_t *mode_type_flag(unsigned type, const struct termios *mode)
 {
-	static const unsigned char tcflag_offsets[] = {
+	static const unsigned char tcflag_offsets[] ALIGN1 = {
 		offsetof(struct termios, c_cflag), /* control */
 		offsetof(struct termios, c_iflag), /* input */
 		offsetof(struct termios, c_oflag), /* output */
-		offsetof(struct termios, c_lflag), /* local */
+		offsetof(struct termios, c_lflag)  /* local */
 	};
 
 	if (type <= local) {
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ static tcflag_t *mode_type_flag(unsigned type, const struct termios *mode)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void set_speed_or_die(enum speed_setting type, const char * const arg,
+static void set_speed_or_die(enum speed_setting type, const char *const arg,
 					struct termios * const mode)
 {
 	speed_t baud;
@@ -560,9 +560,9 @@ enum {
 	param_ospeed  = 8 | 0x80,
 };
 
-static int find_param(const char * const name)
+static int find_param(const char *const name)
 {
-	static const char params[] =
+	static const char params[] ALIGN1 =
 		"line\0"    /* 1 */
 		"rows\0"    /* 2 */
 		"cols\0"    /* 3 */
diff --git a/coreutils/tail.c b/coreutils/tail.c
index 01469169a..ec21c4234 100644
--- a/coreutils/tail.c
+++ b/coreutils/tail.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static ssize_t tail_read(int fd, char *buf, size_t count)
 	return r;
 }
 
-static const char header_fmt[] = "\n==> %s <==\n";
+static const char header_fmt[] ALIGN1 = "\n==> %s <==\n";
 
 static unsigned eat_num(const char *p)
 {
diff --git a/coreutils/tr.c b/coreutils/tr.c
index 594571833..6a34e3087 100644
--- a/coreutils/tr.c
+++ b/coreutils/tr.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static unsigned int expand(const char *arg, char *buffer)
 	unsigned i; /* XXX: FIXME: use unsigned char? */
 	unsigned char ac;
 #define CLO ":]\0"
-	static const char classes[] =
+	static const char classes[] ALIGN1 =
 		"alpha"CLO "alnum"CLO "digit"CLO "lower"CLO "upper"CLO "space"CLO
 		"blank"CLO "punct"CLO "cntrl"CLO;
 #define CLASS_invalid 0 /* we increment the retval */
diff --git a/coreutils/uname.c b/coreutils/uname.c
index a934c15f4..8f07f1960 100644
--- a/coreutils/uname.c
+++ b/coreutils/uname.c
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ typedef struct {
 	char processor[8];			/* for "unknown" */
 } uname_info_t;
 
-static const char options[] = "snrvmpa";
-static const unsigned short int utsname_offset[] = {
+static const char options[] ALIGN1 = "snrvmpa";
+static const unsigned short utsname_offset[] ALIGN2 = {
 	offsetof(uname_info_t,name.sysname),
 	offsetof(uname_info_t,name.nodename),
 	offsetof(uname_info_t,name.release),
diff --git a/coreutils/uniq.c b/coreutils/uniq.c
index adc196b97..a7caef991 100644
--- a/coreutils/uniq.c
+++ b/coreutils/uniq.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #include "libbb.h"
 
-static const char uniq_opts[] = "cdu" "f:s:" "cdu\0\1\2\4";
+static const char uniq_opts[] ALIGN1 = "cdu" "f:s:" "cdu\0\1\2\4";
 
 static FILE *xgetoptfile_uniq_s(char **argv, int read0write2)
 {
diff --git a/debianutils/run_parts.c b/debianutils/run_parts.c
index 8a1f38a1d..5066742cf 100644
--- a/debianutils/run_parts.c
+++ b/debianutils/run_parts.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include "libbb.h"
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_RUN_PARTS_LONG_OPTIONS
-static const char runparts_longopts[] =
+static const char runparts_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 	"arg\0"     Required_argument "a"
 	"umask\0"   Required_argument "u"
 	"test\0"    No_argument       "t"
diff --git a/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c b/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
index cf792709c..f24168e33 100644
--- a/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
+++ b/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ static int do_stop(void)
 }
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_LONG_OPTIONS
-static const char start_stop_daemon_longopts[] =
+static const char start_stop_daemon_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 	"stop\0"         No_argument       "K"
 	"start\0"        No_argument       "S"
 	"background\0"   No_argument       "b"
diff --git a/e2fsprogs/chattr.c b/e2fsprogs/chattr.c
index 0ac03738c..35424f842 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/chattr.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/chattr.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct globals {
 static unsigned long get_flag(char c)
 {
 	/* Two separate vectors take less space than vector of structs */
-	static const char flags_letter[] = "ASDacdijsutT";
+	static const char flags_letter[] ALIGN1 = "ASDacdijsutT";
 	static const unsigned long flags_val[] = {
 		/* A */ EXT2_NOATIME_FL,
 		/* S */ EXT2_SYNC_FL,
diff --git a/e2fsprogs/fsck.c b/e2fsprogs/fsck.c
index eb1fa84c8..dfcbf67dd 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/fsck.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/fsck.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct fsck_instance {
 	char	*base_device; /* /dev/hda for /dev/hdaN etc */
 };
 
-static const char ignored_types[] =
+static const char ignored_types[] ALIGN1 =
 	"ignore\0"
 	"iso9660\0"
 	"nfs\0"
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static const char ignored_types[] =
 	"devpts\0";
 
 #if 0
-static const char really_wanted[] =
+static const char really_wanted[] ALIGN1 =
 	"minix\0"
 	"ext2\0"
 	"ext3\0"
diff --git a/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/blkid/probe.c b/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/blkid/probe.c
index 8c6e2aa33..453b4d04a 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/blkid/probe.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/blkid/probe.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ static int probe_udf(int fd, blkid_cache cache __BLKID_ATTR((unused)),
 {
 	int j, bs;
 	struct iso_volume_descriptor isosb;
-	const char * const * m;
+	const char *const *m;
 
 	/* determine the block size by scanning in 2K increments
 	   (block sizes larger than 2K will be null padded) */
diff --git a/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/e2fsck.c b/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/e2fsck.c
index efb870076..3d5b4f4fb 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/e2fsck.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/e2fsck.c
@@ -2168,7 +2168,7 @@ static int e2fsck_run_ext3_journal(e2fsck_t ctx)
  * This function will move the journal inode from a visible file in
  * the filesystem directory hierarchy to the reserved inode if necessary.
  */
-static const char * const journal_names[] = {
+static const char *const journal_names[] = {
 	".journal", "journal", ".journal.dat", "journal.dat", 0 };
 
 static void e2fsck_move_ext3_journal(e2fsck_t ctx)
@@ -2179,7 +2179,7 @@ static void e2fsck_move_ext3_journal(e2fsck_t ctx)
 	ext2_filsys             fs = ctx->fs;
 	ext2_ino_t              ino;
 	errcode_t               retval;
-	const char * const *    cpp;
+	const char *const *    cpp;
 	int                     group, mount_flags;
 
 	clear_problem_context(&pctx);
@@ -2372,7 +2372,7 @@ err_out:
  * abbreviation of the form '@<i>' is expanded by looking up the index
  * letter <i> in the table below.
  */
-static const char * const abbrevs[] = {
+static const char *const abbrevs[] = {
 	N_("aextended attribute"),
 	N_("Aerror allocating"),
 	N_("bblock"),
@@ -2410,7 +2410,7 @@ static const char * const abbrevs[] = {
  * Give more user friendly names to the "special" inodes.
  */
 #define num_special_inodes      11
-static const char * const special_inode_name[] =
+static const char *const special_inode_name[] =
 {
 	N_("<The NULL inode>"),                 /* 0 */
 	N_("<The bad blocks inode>"),           /* 1 */
@@ -2485,7 +2485,7 @@ static void expand_at_expression(e2fsck_t ctx, char ch,
 					  struct problem_context *pctx,
 					  int *first)
 {
-	const char * const *cpp;
+	const char *const *cpp;
 	const char *str;
 
 	/* Search for the abbreviation */
@@ -8178,7 +8178,7 @@ struct latch_descr {
  * These are the prompts which are used to ask the user if they want
  * to fix a problem.
  */
-static const char * const prompt[] = {
+static const char *const prompt[] = {
 	N_("(no prompt)"),      /* 0 */
 	N_("Fix"),              /* 1 */
 	N_("Clear"),            /* 2 */
@@ -8206,7 +8206,7 @@ static const char * const prompt[] = {
  * These messages are printed when we are preen mode and we will be
  * automatically fixing the problem.
  */
-static const char * const preen_msg[] = {
+static const char *const preen_msg[] = {
 	N_("(NONE)"),           /* 0 */
 	N_("FIXED"),            /* 1 */
 	N_("CLEARED"),          /* 2 */
diff --git a/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/e2p/ostype.c b/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/e2p/ostype.c
index 0e111d408..1abe2ba91 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/e2p/ostype.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/e2p/ostype.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
-static const char * const os_tab[] =
+static const char *const os_tab[] =
 	{ "Linux",
 	  "Hurd",
 	  "Masix",
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ char *e2p_os2string(int os_type)
  */
 int e2p_string2os(char *str)
 {
-	const char * const *cpp;
+	const char *const *cpp;
 	int i = 0;
 
 	for (cpp = os_tab; *cpp; cpp++, i++) {
diff --git a/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/fsck.c b/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/fsck.c
index cf398079c..261783726 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/fsck.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/fsck.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ struct fsck_instance {
  * Required for the uber-silly devfs /dev/ide/host1/bus2/target3/lun3
  * pathames.
  */
-static const char * const devfs_hier[] = {
+static const char *const devfs_hier[] = {
 	"host", "bus", "target", "lun", 0
 };
 #endif
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static char *base_device(const char *device)
 {
 	char *str, *cp;
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVFS
-	const char * const *hier;
+	const char *const *hier;
 	const char *disk;
 	int len;
 #endif
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ errout:
 }
 
 
-static const char * const ignored_types[] = {
+static const char *const ignored_types[] = {
 	"ignore",
 	"iso9660",
 	"nfs",
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static const char * const ignored_types[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-static const char * const really_wanted[] = {
+static const char *const really_wanted[] = {
 	"minix",
 	"ext2",
 	"ext3",
diff --git a/editors/awk.c b/editors/awk.c
index 752c73e7e..4ec3d4652 100644
--- a/editors/awk.c
+++ b/editors/awk.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ enum {
 
 #define	OC_B	OC_BUILTIN
 
-static const char tokenlist[] =
+static const char tokenlist[] ALIGN1 =
 	"\1("       NTC
 	"\1)"       NTC
 	"\1/"       NTC                                 /* REGEXP */
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ enum {
 	ENVIRON,    F0,         NUM_INTERNAL_VARS
 };
 
-static const char vNames[] =
+static const char vNames[] ALIGN1 =
 	"CONVFMT\0" "OFMT\0"    "FS\0*"     "OFS\0"
 	"ORS\0"     "RS\0*"     "RT\0"      "FILENAME\0"
 	"SUBSEP\0"  "ARGIND\0"  "ARGC\0"    "ARGV\0"
@@ -381,16 +381,15 @@ static const char vNames[] =
 	"NR\0"      "NF\0*"     "IGNORECASE\0*"
 	"ENVIRON\0" "$\0*"      "\0";
 
-static const char vValues[] =
+static const char vValues[] ALIGN1 =
 	"%.6g\0"    "%.6g\0"    " \0"       " \0"
 	"\n\0"      "\n\0"      "\0"        "\0"
 	"\034\0"
 	"\377";
 
 /* hash size may grow to these values */
-#define FIRST_PRIME 61;
-static const unsigned PRIMES[] = { 251, 1021, 4093, 16381, 65521 };
-
+#define FIRST_PRIME 61
+static const uint16_t PRIMES[] ALIGN2 = { 251, 1021, 4093, 16381, 65521 };
 
 
 /* Globals. Split in two parts so that first one is addressed
@@ -504,17 +503,17 @@ static int awk_exit(int) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
 
 /* ---- error handling ---- */
 
-static const char EMSG_INTERNAL_ERROR[] = "Internal error";
-static const char EMSG_UNEXP_EOS[] = "Unexpected end of string";
-static const char EMSG_UNEXP_TOKEN[] = "Unexpected token";
-static const char EMSG_DIV_BY_ZERO[] = "Division by zero";
-static const char EMSG_INV_FMT[] = "Invalid format specifier";
-static const char EMSG_TOO_FEW_ARGS[] = "Too few arguments for builtin";
-static const char EMSG_NOT_ARRAY[] = "Not an array";
-static const char EMSG_POSSIBLE_ERROR[] = "Possible syntax error";
-static const char EMSG_UNDEF_FUNC[] = "Call to undefined function";
+static const char EMSG_INTERNAL_ERROR[] ALIGN1 = "Internal error";
+static const char EMSG_UNEXP_EOS[] ALIGN1 = "Unexpected end of string";
+static const char EMSG_UNEXP_TOKEN[] ALIGN1 = "Unexpected token";
+static const char EMSG_DIV_BY_ZERO[] ALIGN1 = "Division by zero";
+static const char EMSG_INV_FMT[] ALIGN1 = "Invalid format specifier";
+static const char EMSG_TOO_FEW_ARGS[] ALIGN1 = "Too few arguments for builtin";
+static const char EMSG_NOT_ARRAY[] ALIGN1 = "Not an array";
+static const char EMSG_POSSIBLE_ERROR[] ALIGN1 = "Possible syntax error";
+static const char EMSG_UNDEF_FUNC[] ALIGN1 = "Call to undefined function";
 #if !ENABLE_FEATURE_AWK_MATH
-static const char EMSG_NO_MATH[] = "Math support is not compiled in";
+static const char EMSG_NO_MATH[] ALIGN1 = "Math support is not compiled in";
 #endif
 
 static void zero_out_var(var * vp)
@@ -522,8 +521,8 @@ static void zero_out_var(var * vp)
 	memset(vp, 0, sizeof(*vp));
 }
 
-static void syntax_error(const char * const message) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
-static void syntax_error(const char * const message)
+static void syntax_error(const char *const message) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
+static void syntax_error(const char *const message)
 {
 	bb_error_msg_and_die("%s:%i: %s", g_progname, g_lineno, message);
 }
@@ -825,7 +824,7 @@ static var *copyvar(var *dest, const var *src)
 
 static var *incvar(var *v)
 {
-	return setvar_i(v, getvar_i(v)+1.);
+	return setvar_i(v, getvar_i(v) + 1.);
 }
 
 /* return true if v is number or numeric string */
diff --git a/editors/cmp.c b/editors/cmp.c
index da431f39b..ffdfb9103 100644
--- a/editors/cmp.c
+++ b/editors/cmp.c
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ static FILE *cmp_xfopen_input(const char *filename)
 	xfunc_die();	/* We already output an error message. */
 }
 
-static const char fmt_eof[] = "cmp: EOF on %s\n";
-static const char fmt_differ[] = "%s %s differ: char %"OFF_FMT"d, line %d\n";
+static const char fmt_eof[] ALIGN1 = "cmp: EOF on %s\n";
+static const char fmt_differ[] ALIGN1 = "%s %s differ: char %"OFF_FMT"d, line %d\n";
 // This fmt_l_opt uses gnu-isms.  SUSv3 would be "%.0s%.0s%"OFF_FMT"d %o %o\n"
-static const char fmt_l_opt[] = "%.0s%.0s%"OFF_FMT"d %3o %3o\n";
+static const char fmt_l_opt[] ALIGN1 = "%.0s%.0s%"OFF_FMT"d %3o %3o\n";
 
-static const char opt_chars[] = "sl";
+static const char opt_chars[] ALIGN1 = "sl";
 #define CMP_OPT_s (1<<0)
 #define CMP_OPT_l (1<<1)
 
diff --git a/editors/diff.c b/editors/diff.c
index 88f8b22db..41808b1ac 100644
--- a/editors/diff.c
+++ b/editors/diff.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static void print_only(const char *path, size_t dirlen, const char *entry)
 
 static void print_status(int val, char *path1, char *path2, char *entry)
 {
-	const char * const _entry = entry ? entry : "";
+	const char *const _entry = entry ? entry : "";
 	char * const _path1 = entry ? concat_path_file(path1, _entry) : path1;
 	char * const _path2 = entry ? concat_path_file(path2, _entry) : path2;
 
diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index 4647079aa..01ef93c6c 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ typedef struct sed_cmd_s {
 	char cmd;               /* The command char: abcdDgGhHilnNpPqrstwxy:={} */
 } sed_cmd_t;
 
-static const char semicolon_whitespace[] = "; \n\r\t\v";
+static const char semicolon_whitespace[] ALIGN1 = "; \n\r\t\v";
 
 struct globals {
 	/* options */
diff --git a/editors/vi.c b/editors/vi.c
index c4f3a8393..74566499c 100644
--- a/editors/vi.c
+++ b/editors/vi.c
@@ -62,18 +62,18 @@ enum {
 
 /* vt102 typical ESC sequence */
 /* terminal standout start/normal ESC sequence */
-static const char SOs[] = "\033[7m";
-static const char SOn[] = "\033[0m";
+static const char SOs[] ALIGN1 = "\033[7m";
+static const char SOn[] ALIGN1 = "\033[0m";
 /* terminal bell sequence */
-static const char bell[] = "\007";
+static const char bell[] ALIGN1 = "\007";
 /* Clear-end-of-line and Clear-end-of-screen ESC sequence */
-static const char Ceol[] = "\033[0K";
-static const char Ceos [] = "\033[0J";
+static const char Ceol[] ALIGN1 = "\033[0K";
+static const char Ceos[] ALIGN1 = "\033[0J";
 /* Cursor motion arbitrary destination ESC sequence */
-static const char CMrc[] = "\033[%d;%dH";
+static const char CMrc[] ALIGN1 = "\033[%d;%dH";
 /* Cursor motion up and down ESC sequence */
-static const char CMup[] = "\033[A";
-static const char CMdown[] = "\n";
+static const char CMup[] ALIGN1 = "\033[A";
+static const char CMdown[] ALIGN1 = "\n";
 
 
 enum {
@@ -2663,7 +2663,7 @@ static void ni(const char * s) // display messages
 static int format_edit_status(void)	// show file status on status line
 {
 	static int tot;
-	static const char cmd_mode_indicator[] = "-IR-";
+	static const char cmd_mode_indicator[] ALIGN1 = "-IR-";
 	int cur, percent, ret, trunc_at;
 
 	// file_modified is now a counter rather than a flag.  this
diff --git a/findutils/find.c b/findutils/find.c
index 47cba7c88..ea789a01c 100644
--- a/findutils/find.c
+++ b/findutils/find.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ static action*** parse_params(char **argv)
 	USE_FEATURE_FIND_CONTEXT(PARM_context   ,)
 	};
 
-	static const char params[] =
+	static const char params[] ALIGN1 =
 	                         "-a\0"
 	                         "-o\0"
 	USE_FEATURE_FIND_NOT(    "!\0"       )
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ static action*** parse_params(char **argv)
 int find_main(int argc, char **argv);
 int find_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	static const char options[] =
+	static const char options[] ALIGN1 =
 	                  "-follow\0"
 USE_FEATURE_FIND_XDEV(    "-xdev\0"    )
 USE_FEATURE_FIND_MAXDEPTH("-maxdepth\0")
diff --git a/include/platform.h b/include/platform.h
index dcdb5c8f7..ff23ca18c 100644
--- a/include/platform.h
+++ b/include/platform.h
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ __extension__ typedef unsigned long long __u64;
 # error "Sorry, this libc version is not supported :("
 #endif
 
-// Don't perpetuate e2fsck crap into the headers.  Clean up e2fsck instead.
+/* Don't perpetuate e2fsck crap into the headers.  Clean up e2fsck instead. */
 
 #if defined __GLIBC__ || defined __UCLIBC__ \
 	|| defined __dietlibc__ || defined _NEWLIB_VERSION
@@ -210,6 +210,16 @@ typedef unsigned smalluint;
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #endif
 
+/* Try to defeat gcc's alignment of "char message[]"-like data */
+#if 1 /* if needed: !defined(arch1) && !defined(arch2) */
+#define ALIGN1 __attribute__((aligned(1)))
+#define ALIGN2 __attribute__((aligned(2)))
+#else
+/* Arches which MUST have 2 or 4 byte alignment for everything are here */
+#define ALIGN1
+#define ALIGN2
+#endif
+
 
 /* uclibc does not implement daemon() for no-mmu systems.
  * For 0.9.29 and svn, __ARCH_USE_MMU__ indicates no-mmu reliably.
@@ -289,7 +299,7 @@ static ALWAYS_INLINE char* strchrnul(const char *s, char c)
 
 #if defined(__linux__)
 #include <sys/mount.h>
-// Make sure we have all the new mount flags we actually try to use.
+/* Make sure we have all the new mount flags we actually try to use. */
 #ifndef MS_BIND
 #define MS_BIND        (1<<12)
 #endif
@@ -303,7 +313,7 @@ static ALWAYS_INLINE char* strchrnul(const char *s, char c)
 #define MS_SILENT      (1<<15)
 #endif
 
-// The shared subtree stuff, which went in around 2.6.15
+/* The shared subtree stuff, which went in around 2.6.15. */
 #ifndef MS_UNBINDABLE
 #define MS_UNBINDABLE  (1<<17)
 #endif
diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index 5c7efe210..a196ab3ed 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ enum {
 #endif
 };
 
-static const char * const environment[] = {
+static const char *const environment[] = {
 	"HOME=/",
 	bb_PATH_root_path,
 	"SHELL=/bin/sh",
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ static pid_t run(const struct init_action *a)
 
 #if !defined(__UCLIBC__) || defined(__ARCH_HAS_MMU__)
 	if (a->action & ASKFIRST) {
-		static const char press_enter[] =
+		static const char press_enter[] ALIGN1 =
 #ifdef CUSTOMIZED_BANNER
 #include CUSTOMIZED_BANNER
 #endif
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ int init_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	chdir("/");
 	setsid();
 	{
-		const char * const *e;
+		const char *const *e;
 		/* Make sure environs is set to something sane */
 		for (e = environment; *e; e++)
 			putenv((char *) *e);
diff --git a/libbb/compare_string_array.c b/libbb/compare_string_array.c
index e873d7cc3..731d3d8c1 100644
--- a/libbb/compare_string_array.c
+++ b/libbb/compare_string_array.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 /* returns the array index of the string */
 /* (index of first match is returned, or -1) */
-int index_in_str_array(const char * const string_array[], const char *key)
+int index_in_str_array(const char *const string_array[], const char *key)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ int index_in_strings(const char *strings, const char *key)
 /* returns the array index of the string, even if it matches only a beginning */
 /* (index of first match is returned, or -1) */
 #ifdef UNUSED
-int index_in_substr_array(const char * const string_array[], const char *key)
+int index_in_substr_array(const char *const string_array[], const char *key)
 {
 	int i;
 	int len = strlen(key);
diff --git a/libbb/dump.c b/libbb/dump.c
index 5ddbbaaf6..0d1bb18f2 100644
--- a/libbb/dump.c
+++ b/libbb/dump.c
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ static int exitval;			/* final exit value */
 int bb_dump_blocksize;			/* data block size */
 int bb_dump_length = -1;		/* max bytes to read */
 
-static const char index_str[] = ".#-+ 0123456789";
+static const char index_str[] ALIGN1 = ".#-+ 0123456789";
 
-static const char size_conv_str[] =
+static const char size_conv_str[] ALIGN1 =
 "\x1\x4\x4\x4\x4\x4\x4\x8\x8\x8\x8\010cdiouxXeEfgG";
 
-static const char lcc[] = "diouxX";
+static const char lcc[] ALIGN1 = "diouxX";
 
 int bb_dump_size(FS * fs)
 {
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ static void bpad(PR * pr)
 	while ((*p2++ = *p1++) != 0);
 }
 
-static const char conv_str[] =
+static const char conv_str[] ALIGN1 =
 	"\0\\0\0"
 	"\007\\a\0"				/* \a */
 	"\b\\b\0"
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ static void conv_c(PR * pr, unsigned char * p)
 
 static void conv_u(PR * pr, unsigned char * p)
 {
-	static const char list[] =
+	static const char list[] ALIGN1 =
 		"nul\0soh\0stx\0etx\0eot\0enq\0ack\0bel\0"
 		"bs\0_ht\0_lf\0_vt\0_ff\0_cr\0_so\0_si\0_"
 		"dle\0dcl\0dc2\0dc3\0dc4\0nak\0syn\0etb\0"
diff --git a/libbb/getopt32.c b/libbb/getopt32.c
index c7c8cb79c..672d70a0a 100644
--- a/libbb/getopt32.c
+++ b/libbb/getopt32.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ const char *applet_long_options
 
         This struct allows you to define long options:
 
-        static const char applet_longopts[] =
+        static const char applet_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 		//"name\0" has_arg val
 		"verbose\0" No_argument "v"
 		;
diff --git a/libbb/human_readable.c b/libbb/human_readable.c
index 09fa82c09..d60ef61d7 100644
--- a/libbb/human_readable.c
+++ b/libbb/human_readable.c
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@
 const char *make_human_readable_str(unsigned long long size,
 	unsigned long block_size, unsigned long display_unit)
 {
-	/* The code will adjust for additional (appended) units. */
-	static const char zero_and_units[] = { '0', 0, 'k', 'M', 'G', 'T' };
-	static const char fmt[] = "%llu";
-	static const char fmt_tenths[] = "%llu.%d%c";
+	/* The code will adjust for additional (appended) units */
+	static const char zero_and_units[] ALIGN1 = { '0', 0, 'k', 'M', 'G', 'T' };
+	static const char fmt[] ALIGN1 = "%llu";
+	static const char fmt_tenths[] ALIGN1 = "%llu.%d%c";
 
-	static char str[21];		/* Sufficient for 64 bit unsigned integers. */
+	static char str[21] ALIGN1;  /* Sufficient for 64 bit unsigned integers */
 
 	unsigned long long val;
 	int frac;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const char *make_human_readable_str(unsigned long long size,
 	}
 
 	if (display_unit) {
-		val += display_unit/2;	/* Deal with rounding. */
+		val += display_unit/2;	/* Deal with rounding */
 		val /= display_unit;	/* Don't combine with the line above!!! */
 	} else {
 		++u;
diff --git a/libbb/login.c b/libbb/login.c
index 1cbadd228..308e1bfed 100644
--- a/libbb/login.c
+++ b/libbb/login.c
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 #define LOGIN " login: "
 
-static const char fmtstr_d[] = "%A, %d %B %Y";
-static const char fmtstr_t[] = "%H:%M:%S";
+static const char fmtstr_d[] ALIGN1 = "%A, %d %B %Y";
+static const char fmtstr_t[] ALIGN1 = "%H:%M:%S";
 
 void print_login_issue(const char *issue_file, const char *tty)
 {
diff --git a/libbb/md5.c b/libbb/md5.c
index e672559cf..9de37b9e4 100644
--- a/libbb/md5.c
+++ b/libbb/md5.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static void md5_hash_block(const void *buffer, md5_ctx_t *ctx)
 		0xf7537e82, 0xbd3af235, 0x2ad7d2bb, 0xeb86d391
 	};
 
-	static const char P_array[] = {
+	static const char P_array[] ALIGN1 = {
 #  if MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED > 1
 		0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,	/* 1 */
 #  endif	/* MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED > 1 */
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static void md5_hash_block(const void *buffer, md5_ctx_t *ctx)
 	};
 
 #  if MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED > 1
-	static const char S_array[] = {
+	static const char S_array[] ALIGN1 = {
 		7, 12, 17, 22,
 		5, 9, 14, 20,
 		4, 11, 16, 23,
diff --git a/libbb/messages.c b/libbb/messages.c
index 8cab2dcc8..c4052b187 100644
--- a/libbb/messages.c
+++ b/libbb/messages.c
@@ -12,34 +12,34 @@
 #else
 #define BANNER "BusyBox v" BB_VER " (" BB_EXTRA_VERSION ")"
 #endif
-const char bb_banner[] = BANNER;
-
-const char bb_msg_memory_exhausted[] = "memory exhausted";
-const char bb_msg_invalid_date[] = "invalid date '%s'";
-const char bb_msg_write_error[] = "write error";
-const char bb_msg_read_error[] = "read error";
-const char bb_msg_unknown[] = "(unknown)";
-const char bb_msg_can_not_create_raw_socket[] = "can't create raw socket";
-const char bb_msg_perm_denied_are_you_root[] = "permission denied. (are you root?)";
-const char bb_msg_requires_arg[] = "%s requires an argument";
-const char bb_msg_invalid_arg[] = "invalid argument '%s' to '%s'";
-const char bb_msg_standard_input[] = "standard input";
-const char bb_msg_standard_output[] = "standard output";
-
-const char bb_str_default[] = "default";
-const char bb_hexdigits_upcase[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
-
-const char bb_path_passwd_file[] = "/etc/passwd";
-const char bb_path_shadow_file[] = "/etc/shadow";
-const char bb_path_group_file[] = "/etc/group";
-const char bb_path_gshadow_file[] = "/etc/gshadow";
-const char bb_path_motd_file[] = "/etc/motd";
-const char bb_dev_null[] = "/dev/null";
-const char bb_busybox_exec_path[] = CONFIG_BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH;
-const char bb_default_login_shell[] = LIBBB_DEFAULT_LOGIN_SHELL;
+const char bb_banner[] ALIGN1 = BANNER;
+
+const char bb_msg_memory_exhausted[] ALIGN1 = "memory exhausted";
+const char bb_msg_invalid_date[] ALIGN1 = "invalid date '%s'";
+const char bb_msg_write_error[] ALIGN1 = "write error";
+const char bb_msg_read_error[] ALIGN1 = "read error";
+const char bb_msg_unknown[] ALIGN1 = "(unknown)";
+const char bb_msg_can_not_create_raw_socket[] ALIGN1 = "can't create raw socket";
+const char bb_msg_perm_denied_are_you_root[] ALIGN1 = "permission denied. (are you root?)";
+const char bb_msg_requires_arg[] ALIGN1 = "%s requires an argument";
+const char bb_msg_invalid_arg[] ALIGN1 = "invalid argument '%s' to '%s'";
+const char bb_msg_standard_input[] ALIGN1 = "standard input";
+const char bb_msg_standard_output[] ALIGN1 = "standard output";
+
+const char bb_str_default[] ALIGN1 = "default";
+const char bb_hexdigits_upcase[] ALIGN1 = "0123456789ABCDEF";
+
+const char bb_path_passwd_file[] ALIGN1 = "/etc/passwd";
+const char bb_path_shadow_file[] ALIGN1 = "/etc/shadow";
+const char bb_path_group_file[] ALIGN1 = "/etc/group";
+const char bb_path_gshadow_file[] ALIGN1 = "/etc/gshadow";
+const char bb_path_motd_file[] ALIGN1 = "/etc/motd";
+const char bb_dev_null[] ALIGN1 = "/dev/null";
+const char bb_busybox_exec_path[] ALIGN1 = CONFIG_BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH;
+const char bb_default_login_shell[] ALIGN1 = LIBBB_DEFAULT_LOGIN_SHELL;
 /* util-linux manpage says /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin,
  * but I want to save a few bytes here. Check libbb.h before changing! */
-const char bb_PATH_root_path[] = "PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin";
+const char bb_PATH_root_path[] ALIGN1 = "PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin";
 
 
 const int const_int_0;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const int const_int_1 = 1;
 
 #include <utmp.h>
 /* This is usually something like "/var/adm/wtmp" or "/var/log/wtmp" */
-const char bb_path_wtmp_file[] =
+const char bb_path_wtmp_file[] ALIGN1 =
 #if defined _PATH_WTMP
 _PATH_WTMP;
 #elif defined WTMP_FILE
diff --git a/libbb/mode_string.c b/libbb/mode_string.c
index d3ff18375..d17cc4a43 100644
--- a/libbb/mode_string.c
+++ b/libbb/mode_string.c
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ static const mode_t mode_flags[] = {
 
 /* The previous version used "0pcCd?bB-?l?s???".  However, the '0', 'C',
  * and 'B' types don't appear to be available on linux.  So I removed them. */
-static const char type_chars[16] = "?pc?d?b?-?l?s???";
+static const char type_chars[16] ALIGN1 = "?pc?d?b?-?l?s???";
 /*                                  0123456789abcdef */
-static const char mode_chars[7] = "rwxSTst";
+static const char mode_chars[7] ALIGN1 = "rwxSTst";
 
 const char *bb_mode_string(mode_t mode)
 {
diff --git a/libbb/mtab_file.c b/libbb/mtab_file.c
index d00405d8a..030b148d3 100644
--- a/libbb/mtab_file.c
+++ b/libbb/mtab_file.c
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
 
 /* Busybox mount uses either /proc/mounts or /etc/mtab to
  * get the list of currently mounted filesystems */
-const char bb_path_mtab_file[] =
+const char bb_path_mtab_file[] ALIGN1 =
 USE_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT("/etc/mtab")SKIP_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT("/proc/mounts");
diff --git a/libbb/parse_mode.c b/libbb/parse_mode.c
index a31bd4bfd..fd5490039 100644
--- a/libbb/parse_mode.c
+++ b/libbb/parse_mode.c
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ int bb_parse_mode(const char *s, mode_t *current_mode)
 		S_ISUID | S_ISGID,           /* s */
 		S_ISVTX                      /* t */
 	};
-	static const char who_chars[] = "augo";
-	static const char perm_chars[] = "rwxXst";
+	static const char who_chars[] ALIGN1 = "augo";
+	static const char perm_chars[] ALIGN1 = "rwxXst";
 
 	const char *p;
 	mode_t wholist;
diff --git a/libbb/process_escape_sequence.c b/libbb/process_escape_sequence.c
index 3178ad34a..1cadbd373 100644
--- a/libbb/process_escape_sequence.c
+++ b/libbb/process_escape_sequence.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 char bb_process_escape_sequence(const char **ptr)
 {
-	static const char charmap[] = {
+	static const char charmap[] ALIGN1 = {
 		'a',  'b',  'f',  'n',  'r',  't',  'v',  '\\', 0,
 		'\a', '\b', '\f', '\n', '\r', '\t', '\v', '\\', '\\' };
 
diff --git a/libbb/uuencode.c b/libbb/uuencode.c
index f525322f8..0aedf3387 100644
--- a/libbb/uuencode.c
+++ b/libbb/uuencode.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "libbb.h"
 
 /* Conversion table.  for base 64 */
-const char bb_uuenc_tbl_base64[65 + 2] = {
+const char bb_uuenc_tbl_base64[65 + 2] ALIGN1 = {
 	'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H',
 	'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P',
 	'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X',
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const char bb_uuenc_tbl_base64[65 + 2] = {
 	'\n', '\0' /* needed for uudecode.c */
 };
 
-const char bb_uuenc_tbl_std[65] = {
+const char bb_uuenc_tbl_std[65] ALIGN1 = {
 	'`', '!', '"', '#', '$', '%', '&', '\'',
 	'(', ')', '*', '+', ',', '-', '.', '/',
 	'0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7',
diff --git a/libpwdgrp/pwd_grp.c b/libpwdgrp/pwd_grp.c
index b535ef5c4..7e7ff4810 100644
--- a/libpwdgrp/pwd_grp.c
+++ b/libpwdgrp/pwd_grp.c
@@ -695,7 +695,8 @@ int putpwent(const struct passwd *__restrict p, FILE *__restrict f)
 
 int putgrent(const struct group *__restrict p, FILE *__restrict f)
 {
-	static const char format[] = ",%s";
+	static const char format[] ALIGN1 = ",%s";
+
 	char **m;
 	const char *fmt;
 	int rv = -1;
@@ -735,18 +736,19 @@ int putgrent(const struct group *__restrict p, FILE *__restrict f)
 }
 
 #if ENABLE_USE_BB_SHADOW
-static const unsigned char _sp_off[] = {
-	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_lstchg),	/* 2 - not a char ptr */
-	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_min),		/* 3 - not a char ptr */
-	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_max),		/* 4 - not a char ptr */
-	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_warn),		/* 5 - not a char ptr */
-	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_inact),	/* 6 - not a char ptr */
-	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_expire),	/* 7 - not a char ptr */
+static const unsigned char _sp_off[] ALIGN1 = {
+	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_lstchg),       /* 2 - not a char ptr */
+	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_min),          /* 3 - not a char ptr */
+	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_max),          /* 4 - not a char ptr */
+	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_warn),         /* 5 - not a char ptr */
+	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_inact),        /* 6 - not a char ptr */
+	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_expire)        /* 7 - not a char ptr */
 };
 
 int putspent(const struct spwd *p, FILE *stream)
 {
-	static const char ld_format[] = "%ld:";
+	static const char ld_format[] ALIGN1 = "%ld:";
+
 	const char *f;
 	long x;
 	int i;
@@ -787,14 +789,14 @@ DO_UNLOCK:
 /* Internal uClibc functions.                                         */
 /**********************************************************************/
 
-static const unsigned char pw_off[] = {
-	offsetof(struct passwd, pw_name),	/* 0 */
-	offsetof(struct passwd, pw_passwd),	/* 1 */
-	offsetof(struct passwd, pw_uid),	/* 2 - not a char ptr */
-	offsetof(struct passwd, pw_gid),	/* 3 - not a char ptr */
-	offsetof(struct passwd, pw_gecos),	/* 4 */
-	offsetof(struct passwd, pw_dir),	/* 5 */
-	offsetof(struct passwd, pw_shell)	/* 6 */
+static const unsigned char pw_off[] ALIGN1 = {
+	offsetof(struct passwd, pw_name),       /* 0 */
+	offsetof(struct passwd, pw_passwd),     /* 1 */
+	offsetof(struct passwd, pw_uid),        /* 2 - not a char ptr */
+	offsetof(struct passwd, pw_gid),        /* 3 - not a char ptr */
+	offsetof(struct passwd, pw_gecos),      /* 4 */
+	offsetof(struct passwd, pw_dir),        /* 5 */
+	offsetof(struct passwd, pw_shell)       /* 6 */
 };
 
 static int bb__parsepwent(void *data, char *line)
@@ -845,10 +847,10 @@ static int bb__parsepwent(void *data, char *line)
 
 /**********************************************************************/
 
-static const unsigned char gr_off[] = {
-	offsetof(struct group, gr_name),	/* 0 */
-	offsetof(struct group, gr_passwd),	/* 1 */
-	offsetof(struct group, gr_gid)		/* 2 - not a char ptr */
+static const unsigned char gr_off[] ALIGN1 = {
+	offsetof(struct group, gr_name),        /* 0 */
+	offsetof(struct group, gr_passwd),      /* 1 */
+	offsetof(struct group, gr_gid)          /* 2 - not a char ptr */
 };
 
 static int bb__parsegrent(void *data, char *line)
@@ -943,16 +945,16 @@ static int bb__parsegrent(void *data, char *line)
 /**********************************************************************/
 
 #if ENABLE_USE_BB_SHADOW
-static const unsigned char sp_off[] = {
-	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_namp),		/* 0 */
-	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_pwdp),		/* 1 */
-	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_lstchg),	/* 2 - not a char ptr */
-	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_min),		/* 3 - not a char ptr */
-	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_max),		/* 4 - not a char ptr */
-	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_warn),		/* 5 - not a char ptr */
-	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_inact),	/* 6 - not a char ptr */
-	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_expire),	/* 7 - not a char ptr */
-	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_flag)		/* 8 - not a char ptr */
+static const unsigned char sp_off[] ALIGN1 = {
+	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_namp),         /* 0 */
+	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_pwdp),         /* 1 */
+	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_lstchg),       /* 2 - not a char ptr */
+	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_min),          /* 3 - not a char ptr */
+	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_max),          /* 4 - not a char ptr */
+	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_warn),         /* 5 - not a char ptr */
+	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_inact),        /* 6 - not a char ptr */
+	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_expire),       /* 7 - not a char ptr */
+	offsetof(struct spwd, sp_flag)          /* 8 - not a char ptr */
 };
 
 static int bb__parsespent(void *data, char * line)
diff --git a/loginutils/adduser.c b/loginutils/adduser.c
index 6c69aaf41..79cd2f4f7 100644
--- a/loginutils/adduser.c
+++ b/loginutils/adduser.c
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ static void passwd_wrapper(const char *login) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
 
 static void passwd_wrapper(const char *login)
 {
-	static const char prog[] = "passwd";
+	static const char prog[] ALIGN1 = "passwd";
+
 	BB_EXECLP(prog, prog, login, NULL);
 	bb_error_msg_and_die("failed to execute '%s', you must set the password for '%s' manually", prog, login);
 }
diff --git a/loginutils/chpasswd.c b/loginutils/chpasswd.c
index 3e02c8e7c..6fb4dca7a 100644
--- a/loginutils/chpasswd.c
+++ b/loginutils/chpasswd.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #if ENABLE_GETOPT_LONG
 #include <getopt.h>
 
-static const char chpasswd_longopts[] =
+static const char chpasswd_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 	"encrypted\0" No_argument "e"
 	"md5\0"       No_argument "m"
 	;
diff --git a/loginutils/getty.c b/loginutils/getty.c
index 2fcb0d902..0254d3203 100644
--- a/loginutils/getty.c
+++ b/loginutils/getty.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ struct options {
 	int speeds[MAX_SPEED];          /* baud rates to be tried */
 };
 
-static const char opt_string[] = "I:LH:f:hil:mt:wn";
+static const char opt_string[] ALIGN1 = "I:LH:f:hil:mt:wn";
 #define F_INITSTRING    (1<<0)          /* initstring is set */
 #define F_LOCAL         (1<<1)          /* force local */
 #define F_FAKEHOST      (1<<2)          /* force fakehost */
diff --git a/loginutils/sulogin.c b/loginutils/sulogin.c
index 36b10fbc4..5638c4bc9 100644
--- a/loginutils/sulogin.c
+++ b/loginutils/sulogin.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 #include "libbb.h"
 
-static const char * const forbid[] = {
+static const char *const forbid[] = {
 	"ENV",
 	"BASH_ENV",
 	"HOME",
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ int sulogin_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	char *cp;
 	int timeout = 0;
 	char *timeout_arg;
-	const char * const *p;
+	const char *const *p;
 	struct passwd *pwd;
 	const char *shell;
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS
diff --git a/miscutils/adjtimex.c b/miscutils/adjtimex.c
index 9f8227cf0..1e6d15fa7 100644
--- a/miscutils/adjtimex.c
+++ b/miscutils/adjtimex.c
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
 #include "libbb.h"
 #include <sys/timex.h>
 
-static const struct {int bit; const char *name;} statlist[] = {
+static const struct {
+	int bit;
+	const char *name;
+} statlist[] = {
 	{ STA_PLL,       "PLL"       },
 	{ STA_PPSFREQ,   "PPSFREQ"   },
 	{ STA_PPSTIME,   "PPSTIME"   },
@@ -28,15 +31,17 @@ static const struct {int bit; const char *name;} statlist[] = {
 	{ STA_PPSWANDER, "PPSWANDER" },
 	{ STA_PPSERROR,  "PPSERROR"  },
 	{ STA_CLOCKERR,  "CLOCKERR"  },
-	{ 0, NULL } };
+	{ 0, NULL }
+};
 
-static const char * const ret_code_descript[] = {
+static const char *const ret_code_descript[] = {
 	"clock synchronized",
 	"insert leap second",
 	"delete leap second",
 	"leap second in progress",
 	"leap second has occurred",
-	"clock not synchronized" };
+	"clock not synchronized"
+};
 
 int adjtimex_main(int argc, char **argv);
 int adjtimex_main(int argc, char **argv)
diff --git a/miscutils/devfsd.c b/miscutils/devfsd.c
index 848f2b3ea..6b31f368a 100644
--- a/miscutils/devfsd.c
+++ b/miscutils/devfsd.c
@@ -245,12 +245,10 @@ static struct config_entry_struct *last_config = NULL;
 static char *mount_point = NULL;
 static volatile int caught_signal = FALSE;
 static volatile int caught_sighup = FALSE;
-static struct initial_symlink_struct
-{
+static struct initial_symlink_struct {
 	const char *dest;
 	const char *name;
-} initial_symlinks[] =
-{
+} initial_symlinks[] = {
 	{"/proc/self/fd", "fd"},
 	{"fd/0", "stdin"},
 	{"fd/1", "stdout"},
@@ -258,12 +256,10 @@ static struct initial_symlink_struct
 	{NULL, NULL},
 };
 
-static struct event_type
-{
+static struct event_type {
 	unsigned int type;        /*  The DEVFSD_NOTIFY_* value                  */
 	const char *config_name;  /*  The name used in the config file           */
-} event_types[] =
-{
+} event_types[] = {
 	{DEVFSD_NOTIFY_REGISTERED,   "REGISTER"},
 	{DEVFSD_NOTIFY_UNREGISTERED, "UNREGISTER"},
 	{DEVFSD_NOTIFY_ASYNC_OPEN,   "ASYNC_OPEN"},
@@ -277,10 +273,10 @@ static struct event_type
 
 /* Busybox messages */
 
-static const char * const bb_msg_proto_rev			= "protocol revision";
-static const char * const bb_msg_bad_config		= "bad %s config file: %s";
-static const char * const bb_msg_small_buffer		= "buffer too small";
-static const char * const bb_msg_variable_not_found = "variable: %s not found";
+static const char bb_msg_proto_rev[] ALIGN1          = "protocol revision";
+static const char bb_msg_bad_config[] ALIGN1         = "bad %s config file: %s";
+static const char bb_msg_small_buffer[] ALIGN1       = "buffer too small";
+static const char bb_msg_variable_not_found[] ALIGN1 = "variable: %s not found";
 
 /* Busybox stuff */
 #if ENABLE_DEVFSD_VERBOSE || ENABLE_DEBUG
@@ -387,10 +383,10 @@ int devfsd_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	/* NB: The check for CONFIG_FILE is done in read_config_file() */
 
-	if (print_version ||(DEVFSD_PROTOCOL_REVISION_DAEMON != proto_rev)) {
+	if (print_version || (DEVFSD_PROTOCOL_REVISION_DAEMON != proto_rev)) {
 		printf("%s v%s\nDaemon %s:\t%d\nKernel-side %s:\t%d\n",
 				applet_name, DEVFSD_VERSION, bb_msg_proto_rev,
-				DEVFSD_PROTOCOL_REVISION_DAEMON,bb_msg_proto_rev, proto_rev);
+				DEVFSD_PROTOCOL_REVISION_DAEMON, bb_msg_proto_rev, proto_rev);
 		if (DEVFSD_PROTOCOL_REVISION_DAEMON != proto_rev)
 			bb_error_msg_and_die("%s mismatch!", bb_msg_proto_rev);
 		exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); /* -v */
@@ -509,7 +505,7 @@ static void process_config_line(const char *line, unsigned long *event_mask)
 	int i;
 
 	/* !!!! Only Uppercase Keywords in devsfd.conf */
-	static const char options[] =
+	static const char options[] ALIGN1 =
 		"CLEAR_CONFIG\0""INCLUDE\0""OPTIONAL_INCLUDE\0"
 		"RESTORE\0""PERMISSIONS\0""MODLOAD\0""EXECUTE\0"
 		"COPY\0""IGNORE\0""MKOLDCOMPAT\0""MKNEWCOMPAT\0"
diff --git a/miscutils/hdparm.c b/miscutils/hdparm.c
index 98cc04fd3..484c97061 100644
--- a/miscutils/hdparm.c
+++ b/miscutils/hdparm.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 #define CDROM 0x0005
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY
-static const char * const pkt_str[] = {
+static const char *const pkt_str[] = {
 	"Direct-access device",			/* word 0, bits 12-8 = 00 */
 	"Sequential-access device",		/* word 0, bits 12-8 = 01 */
 	"Printer",				/* word 0, bits 12-8 = 02 */
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static const char * const pkt_str[] = {
 	"Unknown",			/* word 0, bits 12-8 = 1f */
 };
 
-static const char * const ata1_cfg_str[] = {			/* word 0 in ATA-1 mode */
+static const char *const ata1_cfg_str[] = {			/* word 0 in ATA-1 mode */
 	"Reserved",				/* bit 0 */
 	"hard sectored",			/* bit 1 */
 	"soft sectored",			/* bit 2 */
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static const char actual_ver[MINOR_MAX+2] = {
 #define NUM_CMD_FEAT_STR	48
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY
-static const char * const cmd_feat_str[] = {
+static const char *const cmd_feat_str[] = {
 	"",					/* word 82 bit 15: obsolete  */
 	"NOP cmd",				/* word 82 bit 14 */
 	"READ BUFFER cmd",			/* word 82 bit 13 */
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ void identify_from_stdin(void);
 #define SECU_LEVEL      0x0010
 #define NUM_SECU_STR    6
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY
-static const char * const secu_str[] = {
+static const char *const secu_str[] = {
 	"supported",			/* word 128, bit 0 */
 	"enabled",			/* word 128, bit 1 */
 	"locked",			/* word 128, bit 2 */
@@ -1096,14 +1096,16 @@ static unsigned long hwif_irq;
 // Too bad, really.
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY
-static const char * const cfg_str[] =
-{	"",	     "HardSect",   "SoftSect",   "NotMFM",
+static const char *const cfg_str[] = {
+	"",	     "HardSect",   "SoftSect",   "NotMFM",
 	"HdSw>15uSec", "SpinMotCtl", "Fixed",     "Removeable",
 	"DTR<=5Mbs",   "DTR>5Mbs",   "DTR>10Mbs", "RotSpdTol>.5%",
 	"dStbOff",     "TrkOff",     "FmtGapReq", "nonMagnetic"
 };
 
-static const char * const BuffType[] = {"Unknown", "1Sect", "DualPort", "DualPortCache"};
+static const char *const BuffType[] = {
+	"Unknown", "1Sect", "DualPort", "DualPortCache"
+};
 
 static void dump_identity(const struct hd_driveid *id)
 {
@@ -1930,7 +1932,8 @@ static void parse_xfermode(int flag, smallint *get, smallint *set, int *value)
 }
 
 /*------- getopt short options --------*/
-static const char hdparm_options[] = "gfu::n::p:r::m::c::k::a::B:tTh"
+static const char hdparm_options[] ALIGN1 =
+	"gfu::n::p:r::m::c::k::a::B:tTh"
 	USE_FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY("iI")
 	USE_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_GETSET_DMA("d::")
 #ifdef HDIO_DRIVE_CMD
diff --git a/miscutils/less.c b/miscutils/less.c
index a6649c5ca..046a3c459 100644
--- a/miscutils/less.c
+++ b/miscutils/less.c
@@ -450,12 +450,12 @@ static void cap_cur_fline(int nlines)
 	}
 }
 
-static const char controls[] =
+static const char controls[] ALIGN1 =
 	/* NUL: never encountered; TAB: not converted */
 	/**/"\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08"  "\x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d\x0e\x0f"
 	"\x10\x11\x12\x13\x14\x15\x16\x17\x18\x19\x1a\x1b\x1c\x1d\x1e\x1f"
 	"\x7f\x9b"; /* DEL and infamous Meta-ESC :( */
-static const char ctrlconv[] =
+static const char ctrlconv[] ALIGN1 =
 	/* '\n': it's a former NUL - subst with '@', not 'J' */
 	"\x40\x41\x42\x43\x44\x45\x46\x47\x48\x49\x40\x4b\x4c\x4d\x4e\x4f"
 	"\x50\x51\x52\x53\x54\x55\x56\x57\x58\x59\x5a\x5b\x5c\x5d\x5e\x5f";
diff --git a/miscutils/time.c b/miscutils/time.c
index 9b7db662a..e8473f702 100644
--- a/miscutils/time.c
+++ b/miscutils/time.c
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ typedef struct {
 
 #define UL unsigned long
 
-static const char default_format[] = "real\t%E\nuser\t%u\nsys\t%T";
+static const char default_format[] ALIGN1 = "real\t%E\nuser\t%u\nsys\t%T";
 
 /* The output format for the -p option .*/
-static const char posix_format[] = "real %e\nuser %U\nsys %S";
+static const char posix_format[] ALIGN1 = "real %e\nuser %U\nsys %S";
 
 
 /* Format string for printing all statistics verbosely.
    Keep this output to 24 lines so users on terminals can see it all.*/
-static const char long_format[] =
+static const char long_format[] ALIGN1 =
 	"\tCommand being timed: \"%C\"\n"
 	"\tUser time (seconds): %U\n"
 	"\tSystem time (seconds): %S\n"
diff --git a/modutils/insmod.c b/modutils/insmod.c
index 8a6cc05dd..c0bc0eb1b 100644
--- a/modutils/insmod.c
+++ b/modutils/insmod.c
@@ -3613,12 +3613,12 @@ static int obj_gpl_license(struct obj_file *f, const char **license)
 	 * linux/include/linux/module.h.  Checking for leading "GPL" will not
 	 * work, somebody will use "GPL sucks, this is proprietary".
 	 */
-	static const char * const gpl_licenses[] = {
+	static const char *const gpl_licenses[] = {
 		"GPL",
 		"GPL v2",
 		"GPL and additional rights",
 		"Dual BSD/GPL",
-		"Dual MPL/GPL",
+		"Dual MPL/GPL"
 	};
 
 	sec = obj_find_section(f, ".modinfo");
@@ -3681,7 +3681,8 @@ static void set_tainted(struct obj_file *f, int fd, char *m_name,
 /* Check if loading this module will taint the kernel. */
 static void check_tainted_module(struct obj_file *f, char *m_name)
 {
-	static const char tainted_file[] = TAINT_FILENAME;
+	static const char tainted_file[] ALIGN1 = TAINT_FILENAME;
+
 	int fd, kernel_has_tainted;
 	const char *ptr;
 
@@ -3750,7 +3751,8 @@ static void
 add_ksymoops_symbols(struct obj_file *f, const char *filename,
 				 const char *m_name)
 {
-	static const char symprefix[] = "__insmod_";
+	static const char symprefix[] ALIGN1 = "__insmod_";
+
 	struct obj_section *sec;
 	struct obj_symbol *sym;
 	char *name, *absolute_filename;
diff --git a/networking/arp.c b/networking/arp.c
index 907433b4a..a5a737349 100644
--- a/networking/arp.c
+++ b/networking/arp.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static int sockfd;              /* active socket descriptor     */
 static smallint hw_set;         /* flag if hw-type was set (-H) */
 static const char *device = ""; /* current device               */
 
-static const char options[] =
+static const char options[] ALIGN1 =
 	"pub\0"
 	"priv\0"
 	"temp\0"
diff --git a/networking/ftpgetput.c b/networking/ftpgetput.c
index 02e7c5270..f3d6009dd 100644
--- a/networking/ftpgetput.c
+++ b/networking/ftpgetput.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ int ftp_send(ftp_host_info_t *server, FILE *control_stream,
 #define FTPGETPUT_OPT_PORT	16
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_FTPGETPUT_LONG_OPTIONS
-static const char ftpgetput_longopts[] =
+static const char ftpgetput_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 	"continue\0" Required_argument "c"
 	"verbose\0"  No_argument       "v"
 	"username\0" Required_argument "u"
diff --git a/networking/httpd.c b/networking/httpd.c
index fb3129f0b..b083d645c 100644
--- a/networking/httpd.c
+++ b/networking/httpd.c
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@
 # define PIPE_BUF 4096
 #endif
 
-static const char default_path_httpd_conf[] = "/etc";
-static const char httpd_conf[] = "httpd.conf";
+static const char default_path_httpd_conf[] ALIGN1 = "/etc";
+static const char httpd_conf[] ALIGN1 = "httpd.conf";
 
 #define TIMEOUT 60
 
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ struct globals {
 	ContentLength = -1; \
 } while (0)
 
-static const char request_GET[] = "GET";    /* size algorithmic optimize */
+static const char request_GET[] ALIGN1 = "GET";    /* size algorithmic optimize */
 
-static const char* const suffixTable [] = {
+static const char *const suffixTable[] = {
 /* Warning: shorted equivalent suffix in one line must be first */
 	".htm.html", "text/html",
 	".jpg.jpeg", "image/jpeg",
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static const HttpEnumString httpResponseNames[] = {
 };
 
 
-static const char RFC1123FMT[] = "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT";
+static const char RFC1123FMT[] ALIGN1 = "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT";
 
 
 #define STRNCASECMP(a, str) strncasecmp((a), (str), sizeof(str)-1)
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ static int sendCgi(const char *url,
 				 * <cr><lf> pair here. We will output "200 OK" line
 				 * if needed, but CGI still has to provide blank line
 				 * between header and body */
-				static const char HTTP_200[] = "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n";
+				static const char HTTP_200[] ALIGN1 = "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n";
 
 				/* Must use safe_read, not full_read, because
 				 * CGI may output a few first bytes and then wait
@@ -1343,9 +1343,9 @@ static int sendCgi(const char *url,
 static int sendFile(const char *url)
 {
 	char * suffix;
-	int  f;
-	const char * const * table;
-	const char * try_suffix;
+	int f;
+	const char *const *table;
+	const char *try_suffix;
 
 	suffix = strrchr(url, '.');
 
diff --git a/networking/interface.c b/networking/interface.c
index 9e6ed63e0..61ce12ef1 100644
--- a/networking/interface.c
+++ b/networking/interface.c
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ static int hw_null_address(const struct hwtype *hw, void *ap)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static const char TRext[] = "\0\0\0Ki\0Mi\0Gi\0Ti";
+static const char TRext[] ALIGN1 = "\0\0\0Ki\0Mi\0Gi\0Ti";
 
 static void print_bytes_scaled(unsigned long long ull, const char *end)
 {
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ static void ife_print(struct interface *ptr)
 	if (ptr->flags == 0) {
 		printf("[NO FLAGS] ");
 	} else {
-		static const char ife_print_flags_strs[] =
+		static const char ife_print_flags_strs[] ALIGN1 =
 			"UP\0"
 			"BROADCAST\0"
 			"DEBUG\0"
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ static void ife_print(struct interface *ptr)
 			"DYNAMIC\0"
 #endif
 			;
-		static const unsigned short ife_print_flags_mask[] = {
+		static const unsigned short ife_print_flags_mask[] ALIGN2 = {
 			IFF_UP,
 			IFF_BROADCAST,
 			IFF_DEBUG,
@@ -1051,9 +1051,9 @@ static void ife_print(struct interface *ptr)
 			IFF_ALLMULTI,
 			IFF_SLAVE,
 			IFF_MASTER,
-			IFF_MULTICAST,
+			IFF_MULTICAST
 #ifdef HAVE_DYNAMIC
-			IFF_DYNAMIC,
+			,IFF_DYNAMIC
 #endif
 		};
 		const unsigned short *mask = ife_print_flags_mask;
diff --git a/networking/ip.c b/networking/ip.c
index bf7e84c53..c82d731c1 100644
--- a/networking/ip.c
+++ b/networking/ip.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int iptunnel_main(int argc, char **argv)
 int ip_main(int argc, char **argv);
 int ip_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	static const char keywords[] =
+	static const char keywords[] ALIGN1 =
 		USE_FEATURE_IP_ADDRESS("address\0")
 		USE_FEATURE_IP_ROUTE("route\0")
 		USE_FEATURE_IP_LINK("link\0")
diff --git a/networking/ipcalc.c b/networking/ipcalc.c
index f3e3ad98f..2a099eff0 100644
--- a/networking/ipcalc.c
+++ b/networking/ipcalc.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ int get_prefix(unsigned long netmask);
 #define SILENT    0x20
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IPCALC_LONG_OPTIONS
-	static const char ipcalc_longopts[] =
+	static const char ipcalc_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 		"netmask\0"   No_argument "m"
 		"broadcast\0" No_argument "b"
 		"network\0"   No_argument "n"
diff --git a/networking/libiproute/ip_parse_common_args.c b/networking/libiproute/ip_parse_common_args.c
index 0e429a06f..ff333993f 100644
--- a/networking/libiproute/ip_parse_common_args.c
+++ b/networking/libiproute/ip_parse_common_args.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void ip_parse_common_args(int *argcp, char ***argvp)
 {
 	int argc = *argcp;
 	char **argv = *argvp;
-	static const char ip_common_commands[] =
+	static const char ip_common_commands[] ALIGN1 =
 		"-family\0""inet\0""inet6\0""link\0"
 		"-4\0""-6\0""-0\0""-oneline\0";
 	enum {
diff --git a/networking/libiproute/ipaddress.c b/networking/libiproute/ipaddress.c
index 8874fdb0a..6a5f2cfbd 100644
--- a/networking/libiproute/ipaddress.c
+++ b/networking/libiproute/ipaddress.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ static void ipaddr_reset_filter(int _oneline)
 /* Return value becomes exitcode. It's okay to not return at all */
 int ipaddr_list_or_flush(int argc, char **argv, int flush)
 {
-	static const char option[] = "to\0""scope\0""up\0""label\0""dev\0";
+	static const char option[] ALIGN1 = "to\0""scope\0""up\0""label\0""dev\0";
 
 	struct nlmsg_list *linfo = NULL;
 	struct nlmsg_list *ainfo = NULL;
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ static int default_scope(inet_prefix *lcl)
 /* Return value becomes exitcode. It's okay to not return at all */
 static int ipaddr_modify(int cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	static const char option[] =
+	static const char option[] ALIGN1 =
 		"peer\0""remote\0""broadcast\0""brd\0"
 		"anycast\0""scope\0""dev\0""label\0""local\0";
 	struct rtnl_handle rth;
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ static int ipaddr_modify(int cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 /* Return value becomes exitcode. It's okay to not return at all */
 int do_ipaddr(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	static const char commands[] =
+	static const char commands[] ALIGN1 =
 		"add\0""delete\0""list\0""show\0""lst\0""flush\0";
 
 	int command_num = 2; /* default command is list */
diff --git a/networking/libiproute/iplink.c b/networking/libiproute/iplink.c
index 69ce84e49..e1c9c6043 100644
--- a/networking/libiproute/iplink.c
+++ b/networking/libiproute/iplink.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static int do_set(int argc, char **argv)
 	struct ifreq ifr0, ifr1;
 	char *newname = NULL;
 	int htype, halen;
-	static const char keywords[] =
+	static const char keywords[] ALIGN1 =
 		"up\0""down\0""name\0""mtu\0""multicast\0""arp\0""addr\0""dev\0"
 		"on\0""off\0";
 	enum { ARG_up = 1, ARG_down, ARG_name, ARG_mtu, ARG_multicast, ARG_arp,
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ static int ipaddr_list_link(int argc, char **argv)
 /* Return value becomes exitcode. It's okay to not return at all */
 int do_iplink(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	static const char keywords[] =
+	static const char keywords[] ALIGN1 =
 		"set\0""show\0""lst\0""list\0";
 	smalluint key;
 	if (argc <= 0)
diff --git a/networking/libiproute/iproute.c b/networking/libiproute/iproute.c
index 0d171c785..fbc721049 100644
--- a/networking/libiproute/iproute.c
+++ b/networking/libiproute/iproute.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static int print_route(struct sockaddr_nl *who ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 /* Return value becomes exitcode. It's okay to not return at all */
 static int iproute_modify(int cmd, unsigned flags, int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	static const char keywords[] =
+	static const char keywords[] ALIGN1 =
 		"src\0""via\0""mtu\0""lock\0""protocol\0"USE_FEATURE_IP_RULE("table\0")
 		"dev\0""oif\0""to\0";
 	enum {
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ static int rtnl_rtcache_request(struct rtnl_handle *rth, int family)
 
 static void iproute_flush_cache(void)
 {
-	static const char fn[] = "/proc/sys/net/ipv4/route/flush";
+	static const char fn[] ALIGN1 = "/proc/sys/net/ipv4/route/flush";
 	int flush_fd = open_or_warn(fn, O_WRONLY);
 
 	if (flush_fd < 0) {
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ static int iproute_list_or_flush(int argc, char **argv, int flush)
 	struct rtnl_handle rth;
 	char *id = NULL;
 	char *od = NULL;
-	static const char keywords[] =
+	static const char keywords[] ALIGN1 =
 		"protocol\0""all\0""dev\0""oif\0""iif\0""via\0""table\0""cache\0" /*all*/
 		"from\0""root\0""match\0""exact\0""to\0"/*root match exact*/;
 	enum {
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ static int iproute_get(int argc, char **argv)
 	char *odev = NULL;
 	bool connected = 0;
 	bool from_ok = 0;
-	static const char options[] =
+	static const char options[] ALIGN1 =
 		"from\0""iif\0""oif\0""dev\0""notify\0""connected\0""to\0";
 
 	memset(&req, 0, sizeof(req));
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ static int iproute_get(int argc, char **argv)
 /* Return value becomes exitcode. It's okay to not return at all */
 int do_iproute(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	static const char ip_route_commands[] =
+	static const char ip_route_commands[] ALIGN1 =
 	/*0-3*/	"add\0""append\0""change\0""chg\0"
 	/*4-7*/	"delete\0""get\0""list\0""show\0"
 	/*8..*/	"prepend\0""replace\0""test\0""flush\0";
diff --git a/networking/libiproute/iprule.c b/networking/libiproute/iprule.c
index 8e2a06f4f..18ae6b5ef 100644
--- a/networking/libiproute/iprule.c
+++ b/networking/libiproute/iprule.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static int iprule_list(int argc, char **argv)
 /* Return value becomes exitcode. It's okay to not return at all */
 static int iprule_modify(int cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	static const char keywords[] =
+	static const char keywords[] ALIGN1 =
 		"from\0""to\0""preference\0""order\0""priority\0"
 		"tos\0""fwmark\0""realms\0""table\0""lookup\0""dev\0"
 		"iif\0""nat\0""map-to\0""type\0""help\0";
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static int iprule_modify(int cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 /* Return value becomes exitcode. It's okay to not return at all */
 int do_iprule(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	static const char ip_rule_commands[] =
+	static const char ip_rule_commands[] ALIGN1 =
 		"add\0""delete\0""list\0""show\0";
 	int cmd = 2; /* list */
 
diff --git a/networking/libiproute/iptunnel.c b/networking/libiproute/iptunnel.c
index a2933879c..2b1713556 100644
--- a/networking/libiproute/iptunnel.c
+++ b/networking/libiproute/iptunnel.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static int do_del_ioctl(const char *basedev, struct ip_tunnel_parm *p)
 /* Dies on error */
 static void parse_args(int argc, char **argv, int cmd, struct ip_tunnel_parm *p)
 {
-	static const char keywords[] =
+	static const char keywords[] ALIGN1 =
 		"mode\0""ipip\0""ip/ip\0""gre\0""gre/ip\0""sit\0""ipv6/ip\0"
 		"key\0""ikey\0""okey\0""seq\0""iseq\0""oseq\0"
 		"csum\0""icsum\0""ocsum\0""nopmtudisc\0""pmtudisc\0"
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ static int do_show(int argc, char **argv)
 /* Return value becomes exitcode. It's okay to not return at all */
 int do_iptunnel(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	static const char keywords[] =
+	static const char keywords[] ALIGN1 =
 		"add\0""change\0""delete\0""show\0""list\0""lst\0";
 	enum { ARG_add = 0, ARG_change, ARG_del, ARG_show, ARG_list, ARG_lst };
 	int key;
diff --git a/networking/libiproute/ll_map.c b/networking/libiproute/ll_map.c
index e8a8279b0..7b5de92c2 100644
--- a/networking/libiproute/ll_map.c
+++ b/networking/libiproute/ll_map.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ unsigned ll_index_to_flags(int idx)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int xll_name_to_index(const char * const name)
+int xll_name_to_index(const char *const name)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	int sock_fd;
diff --git a/networking/libiproute/ll_map.h b/networking/libiproute/ll_map.h
index 2dfc84422..55e2cf393 100644
--- a/networking/libiproute/ll_map.h
+++ b/networking/libiproute/ll_map.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 int ll_remember_index(struct sockaddr_nl *who, struct nlmsghdr *n, void *arg);
 int ll_init_map(struct rtnl_handle *rth);
-int xll_name_to_index(const char * const name);
+int xll_name_to_index(const char *const name);
 const char *ll_index_to_name(int idx);
 const char *ll_idx_n2a(int idx, char *buf);
 /* int ll_index_to_type(int idx); */
diff --git a/networking/libiproute/rtm_map.c b/networking/libiproute/rtm_map.c
index 96b2d1791..ca2f4436a 100644
--- a/networking/libiproute/rtm_map.c
+++ b/networking/libiproute/rtm_map.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const char *rtnl_rtntype_n2a(int id, char *buf, int len)
 
 int rtnl_rtntype_a2n(int *id, char *arg)
 {
-	static const char keywords[] =
+	static const char keywords[] ALIGN1 =
 		"local\0""nat\0""broadcast\0""brd\0""anycast\0"
 		"multicast\0""prohibit\0""unreachable\0""blackhole\0"
 		"xresolve\0""unicast\0""throw\0";
diff --git a/networking/netstat.c b/networking/netstat.c
index 746e25091..014e5e251 100644
--- a/networking/netstat.c
+++ b/networking/netstat.c
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ enum {
 	TCP_CLOSING /* now a valid state */
 };
 
-static const char * const tcp_state[] =
-{
+static const char *const tcp_state[] = {
 	"",
 	"ESTABLISHED",
 	"SYN_SENT",
diff --git a/networking/route.c b/networking/route.c
index 530c51b10..bfa58da2a 100644
--- a/networking/route.c
+++ b/networking/route.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 #define HOST_FLAG 2
 
 /* We remap '-' to '#' to avoid problems with getopt. */
-static const char tbl_hash_net_host[] =
+static const char tbl_hash_net_host[] ALIGN1 =
 	"\007\001#net\0"
 /*	"\010\002#host\0" */
 	"\007\002#host"				/* Since last, we can save a byte. */
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static const char tbl_hash_net_host[] =
 #define KW_IPVx_DYN             042
 #define KW_IPVx_REINSTATE       043
 
-static const char tbl_ipvx[] =
+static const char tbl_ipvx[] ALIGN1 =
 	/* 020 is the "takes an arg" bit */
 #if HAVE_NEW_ADDRT
 	"\011\020metric\0"
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ static void INET6_setroute(int action, char **args)
 }
 #endif
 
-static const unsigned int flagvals[] = { /* Must agree with flagchars[]. */
+static const unsigned flagvals[] = { /* Must agree with flagchars[]. */
 	RTF_GATEWAY,
 	RTF_HOST,
 	RTF_REINSTATE,
@@ -454,7 +454,8 @@ static const unsigned int flagvals[] = { /* Must agree with flagchars[]. */
 #define IPV4_MASK (RTF_GATEWAY|RTF_HOST|RTF_REINSTATE|RTF_DYNAMIC|RTF_MODIFIED)
 #define IPV6_MASK (RTF_GATEWAY|RTF_HOST|RTF_DEFAULT|RTF_ADDRCONF|RTF_CACHE)
 
-static const char flagchars[] =		/* Must agree with flagvals[]. */
+/* Must agree with flagvals[]. */
+static const char flagchars[] ALIGN1 =
 	"GHRDM"
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IPV6
 	"DAC"
@@ -631,11 +632,12 @@ static void INET6_displayroutes(int noresolve)
 #define ROUTE_OPT_INET6 0x08 /* Not an actual option. See below. */
 
 /* 1st byte is offset to next entry offset.  2nd byte is return value. */
-static const char tbl_verb[] =	/* 2nd byte matches RTACTION_* code */
+/* 2nd byte matches RTACTION_* code */
+static const char tbl_verb[] ALIGN1 =
 	"\006\001add\0"
 	"\006\002del\0"
 /*	"\011\002delete\0" */
-	"\010\002delete"			/* Since last, we can save a byte. */
+	"\010\002delete"  /* Since it's last, we can save a byte. */
 ;
 
 int route_main(int argc, char **argv);
diff --git a/networking/slattach.c b/networking/slattach.c
index 4bac879d2..f78c88e89 100644
--- a/networking/slattach.c
+++ b/networking/slattach.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ int slattach_main(int argc, char **argv);
 int slattach_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	/* Line discipline code table */
-	static const char proto_names[] =
+	static const char proto_names[] ALIGN1 =
 		"slip\0"        /* 0 */
 		"cslip\0"       /* 1 */
 		"slip6\0"       /* 2 */
diff --git a/networking/telnet.c b/networking/telnet.c
index a634d7a2b..4e8b27ba6 100644
--- a/networking/telnet.c
+++ b/networking/telnet.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static void putiac_naws(byte c, int x, int y)
 }
 #endif
 
-static char const escapecharis[] = "\r\nEscape character is ";
+static char const escapecharis[] ALIGN1 = "\r\nEscape character is ";
 
 static void setConMode(void)
 {
diff --git a/networking/tftp.c b/networking/tftp.c
index b20486cc1..85d1a857f 100644
--- a/networking/tftp.c
+++ b/networking/tftp.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static int tftp( USE_GETPUT(const int cmd,)
 				"unknown transfer id",
 				"file already exists",
 				"no such user",
-				"bad option",
+				"bad option"
 			};
 
 			const char *msg = "";
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static int tftp( USE_GETPUT(const int cmd,)
 						/* htons can be impossible to use in const initializer: */
 						/*static const uint16_t error_8[2] = { htons(TFTP_ERROR), htons(8) };*/
 						/* thus we open-code big-endian layout */
-						static const char error_8[4] = { 0,TFTP_ERROR, 0,8 };
+						static const uint8_t error_8[4] = { 0,TFTP_ERROR, 0,8 };
 						xsendto(socketfd, error_8, 4, &peer_lsa->sa, peer_lsa->len);
 						bb_error_msg("server proposes bad blksize %d, exiting", blksize);
 						goto ret;
diff --git a/networking/traceroute.c b/networking/traceroute.c
index c87f7ffc5..20f304d53 100644
--- a/networking/traceroute.c
+++ b/networking/traceroute.c
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ send_probe(int seq, int ttl)
 static inline const char *
 pr_type(unsigned char t)
 {
-	static const char * const ttab[] = {
+	static const char *const ttab[] = {
 	"Echo Reply",   "ICMP 1",       "ICMP 2",       "Dest Unreachable",
 	"Source Quench", "Redirect",    "ICMP 6",       "ICMP 7",
 	"Echo",         "Router Advert", "Router Solicit", "Time Exceeded",
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/common.c b/networking/udhcp/common.c
index 59c015575..a47bbafff 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/common.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/common.c
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@
 
 #include "common.h"
 
-const uint8_t MAC_BCAST_ADDR[6] = { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff };
+const uint8_t MAC_BCAST_ADDR[6] ALIGN2 = {
+	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff
+};
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c b/networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c
index efe208814..0e89c3cae 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ int udhcpc_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		OPT_v = 1 << 17,
 	};
 #if ENABLE_GETOPT_LONG
-	static const char udhcpc_longopts[] =
+	static const char udhcpc_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 		"clientid\0"      Required_argument "c"
 		"clientid-none\0" No_argument       "C"
 		"vendorclass\0"   Required_argument "V"
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/dumpleases.c b/networking/udhcp/dumpleases.c
index f9f923124..a0765be79 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/dumpleases.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/dumpleases.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ int dumpleases_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		OPT_f	= 0x4,	// -f
 	};
 #if ENABLE_GETOPT_LONG
-	static const char dumpleases_longopts[] =
+	static const char dumpleases_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 		"absolute\0"  No_argument       "a"
 		"remaining\0" No_argument       "r"
 		"file\0"      Required_argument "f"
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/options.c b/networking/udhcp/options.c
index a58adb9a9..3168fc69a 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/options.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/options.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const struct dhcp_option dhcp_options[] = {
 };
 
 /* Lengths of the different option types */
-const unsigned char option_lengths[] = {
+const unsigned char option_lengths[] ALIGN1 = {
 	[OPTION_IP] =      4,
 	[OPTION_IP_PAIR] = 8,
 	[OPTION_BOOLEAN] = 1,
diff --git a/networking/vconfig.c b/networking/vconfig.c
index 4776e1324..8bd88701f 100644
--- a/networking/vconfig.c
+++ b/networking/vconfig.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static const char *xfind_str(const char *table, const char *str)
 	return table - 1;
 }
 
-static const char cmds[] = {
+static const char cmds[] ALIGN1 = {
 	4, ADD_VLAN_CMD, 7,
 	'a', 'd', 'd', 0,
 	3, DEL_VLAN_CMD, 7,
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static const char cmds[] = {
 	'm', 'a', 'p', 0,
 };
 
-static const char name_types[] = {
+static const char name_types[] ALIGN1 = {
 	VLAN_NAME_TYPE_PLUS_VID, 16,
 	'V', 'L', 'A', 'N',
 	'_', 'P', 'L', 'U', 'S', '_', 'V', 'I', 'D',
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static const char name_types[] = {
 	'_', 'N', 'O', '_', 'P', 'A', 'D', 0,
 };
 
-static const char conf_file_name[] = "/proc/net/vlan/config";
+static const char conf_file_name[] ALIGN1 = "/proc/net/vlan/config";
 
 int vconfig_main(int argc, char **argv);
 int vconfig_main(int argc, char **argv)
diff --git a/networking/wget.c b/networking/wget.c
index 7b583c7ab..d90368c40 100644
--- a/networking/wget.c
+++ b/networking/wget.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ int wget_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	bool use_proxy = 1;             /* Use proxies if env vars are set  */
 	const char *proxy_flag = "on";  /* Use proxies if env vars are set  */
 	const char *user_agent = "Wget";/* "User-Agent" header field        */
-	static const char keywords[] =
+	static const char keywords[] ALIGN1 =
 		"content-length\0""transfer-encoding\0""chunked\0""location\0";
 	enum {
 		KEY_content_length = 1, KEY_transfer_encoding, KEY_chunked, KEY_location
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ int wget_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		WGET_OPT_HEADER     = 0x100,
 	};
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_LONG_OPTIONS
-	static const char wget_longopts[] =
+	static const char wget_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 		/* name, has_arg, val */
 		"continue\0"         No_argument       "c"
 		"spider\0"           No_argument       "s"
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static void parse_url(char *src_url, struct host_info *h)
 	p = strchr(h->host, '#'); if (!sp || (p && sp > p)) sp = p;
 	if (!sp) {
 		/* must be writable because of bb_get_last_path_component() */
-		static char nullstr[] = "";
+		static char nullstr[] ALIGN1 = "";
 		h->path = nullstr;
 	} else if (*sp == '/') {
 		*sp = '\0';
diff --git a/procps/nmeter.c b/procps/nmeter.c
index 4f78a1489..127a3d1c1 100644
--- a/procps/nmeter.c
+++ b/procps/nmeter.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static const char *const proc_name[] = {
 	"net/dev",
 	"meminfo",
 	"diskstats",
-	"sys/fs/file-nr",
+	"sys/fs/file-nr"
 };
 
 struct globals {
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ static void collect_info(s_stat *s)
 
 typedef s_stat* init_func(const char *param);
 
-static const char options[] = "ncmsfixptbdr";
+static const char options[] ALIGN1 = "ncmsfixptbdr";
 static init_func *const init_functions[] = {
 	init_if,
 	init_cpu,
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ static init_func *const init_functions[] = {
 	init_time,
 	init_blk,
 	init_delay,
-	init_cr,
+	init_cr
 };
 
 int nmeter_main(int argc, char **argv);
diff --git a/procps/renice.c b/procps/renice.c
index 6c5bb0e20..b2a9ed72e 100644
--- a/procps/renice.c
+++ b/procps/renice.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ void BUG_bad_PRIO_USER(void);
 int renice_main(int argc, char **argv);
 int renice_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	static const char Xetpriority_msg[] = "%cetpriority";
+	static const char Xetpriority_msg[] ALIGN1 = "%cetpriority";
 
 	int retval = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	int which = PRIO_PROCESS;	/* Default 'which' value. */
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ int renice_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	while ((arg = *++argv) != NULL) {
 		/* Check for a mode switch. */
 		if (arg[0] == '-' && arg[1]) {
-			static const char opts[]
-				= { 'p', 'g', 'u', 0, PRIO_PROCESS, PRIO_PGRP, PRIO_USER };
+			static const char opts[] ALIGN1 = {
+				'p', 'g', 'u', 0, PRIO_PROCESS, PRIO_PGRP, PRIO_USER
+			};
 			const char *p = strchr(opts, arg[1]);
 			if (p) {
 				which = p[4];
diff --git a/procps/sysctl.c b/procps/sysctl.c
index a0e9e16e5..5100f57e7 100644
--- a/procps/sysctl.c
+++ b/procps/sysctl.c
@@ -27,24 +27,27 @@ static int sysctl_display_all(const char *path, int output, int show_table);
 /*
  *    Globals...
  */
-static const char PROC_PATH[] = "/proc/sys/";
-static const char DEFAULT_PRELOAD[] = "/etc/sysctl.conf";
+static const char PROC_PATH[] ALIGN1 = "/proc/sys/";
+static const char DEFAULT_PRELOAD[] ALIGN1 = "/etc/sysctl.conf";
 
 /* error messages */
-static const char ERR_UNKNOWN_PARAMETER[] = "error: Unknown parameter '%s'\n";
-static const char ERR_MALFORMED_SETTING[] = "error: Malformed setting '%s'\n";
-static const char ERR_NO_EQUALS[] =
+static const char ERR_UNKNOWN_PARAMETER[] ALIGN1 =
+	"error: Unknown parameter '%s'\n";
+static const char ERR_MALFORMED_SETTING[] ALIGN1 =
+	"error: Malformed setting '%s'\n";
+static const char ERR_NO_EQUALS[] ALIGN1 =
 	"error: '%s' must be of the form name=value\n";
-static const char ERR_INVALID_KEY[] = "error: '%s' is an unknown key\n";
-static const char ERR_UNKNOWN_WRITING[] =
+static const char ERR_INVALID_KEY[] ALIGN1 =
+	"error: '%s' is an unknown key\n";
+static const char ERR_UNKNOWN_WRITING[] ALIGN1 =
 	"error: unknown error %d setting key '%s'\n";
-static const char ERR_UNKNOWN_READING[] =
+static const char ERR_UNKNOWN_READING[] ALIGN1 =
 	"error: unknown error %d reading key '%s'\n";
-static const char ERR_PERMISSION_DENIED[] =
+static const char ERR_PERMISSION_DENIED[] ALIGN1 =
 	"error: permission denied on key '%s'\n";
-static const char ERR_PRELOAD_FILE[] =
+static const char ERR_PRELOAD_FILE[] ALIGN1 =
 	"error: cannot open preload file '%s'\n";
-static const char WARN_BAD_LINE[] =
+static const char WARN_BAD_LINE[] ALIGN1 =
 	"warning: %s(%d): invalid syntax, continuing...\n";
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/mkconfigs b/scripts/mkconfigs
index d212ad408..0d1771a36 100755
--- a/scripts/mkconfigs
+++ b/scripts/mkconfigs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ echo "\
  * Do not edit.
  *
  */
-static const char * const bbconfig_config ="
+static const char *const bbconfig_config ="
 
 sed 's/\"/\\\"/g' $config | grep "^#\? \?CONFIG_" | awk '{print "\"" $0 "\\n\"";}'
 
diff --git a/scripts/trylink b/scripts/trylink
index 74acb4cdd..9b67deb49 100755
--- a/scripts/trylink
+++ b/scripts/trylink
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ try() {
     added="$1"
     shift
     $debug && echo "Trying: $* $added"
-    "$@" $added >busybox.map 2>busybox_ld.err
+    "$@" $added 2>busybox_ld.err
 }
 
 # Sanitize lib list (dups, extra spaces etc)
@@ -22,14 +22,17 @@ try "-Wl,--start-group $l_list -Wl,--end-group" "$@" \
     cat busybox_ld.err
     exit 1
 }
-# Hack: we are not supposed to know executable name,
-# but this hack cuts down link time
-mv busybox_unstripped busybox_unstripped.tmp
-mv busybox.map        busybox.map.tmp
+
+#### Hack disabled: conflicts with ld --verbose flag in last link phase
+
+##### Hack: we are not supposed to know executable name,
+##### but this hack cuts down link time
+####mv busybox_unstripped busybox_unstripped.tmp
+####mv busybox.map        busybox.map.tmp
 
 # Now try to remove each lib and build without it.
 # Stop when no lib can be removed.
-ever_discarded=false
+####ever_discarded=false
 while test "$BBOX_LIB_LIST"; do
     $debug && echo "Trying libraries: $BBOX_LIB_LIST"
     all_needed=true
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ while test "$BBOX_LIB_LIST"; do
 		echo "Library $one is not needed"
 		BBOX_LIB_LIST="$without_one"
 		all_needed=false
-		ever_discarded=true
+####		ever_discarded=true
 	else
 		echo "Library $one is needed"
 	fi
@@ -54,13 +57,23 @@ while test "$BBOX_LIB_LIST"; do
     #{ echo "$BBOX_LIB_LIST" | grep -q ' '; } || break
 done
 
-mv busybox_unstripped.tmp busybox_unstripped
-mv busybox.map.tmp        busybox.map
-$ever_discarded && {
+####mv busybox_unstripped.tmp busybox_unstripped
+####mv busybox.map.tmp        busybox.map
+####$ever_discarded && {
     # Make the binary with final, minimal list of libs
     echo "Final link with: $BBOX_LIB_LIST"
     l_list=`echo "$BBOX_LIB_LIST" | sed -e 's/ / -l/g' -e 's/^/-l/'`
-    try "-Wl,--start-group $l_list -Wl,--end-group" "$@" || exit 1
-}
-rm busybox_ld.err
-exit 0  # Ensure "success" exit code
+    # --verbose gives us gobs of info to stdout (e.g. linker script used)
+    try "-Wl,--start-group $l_list -Wl,--end-group -Wl,--verbose" "$@" >busybox_ld.out ####|| exit 1
+    #
+    # Add SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT to linker script (found in busybox_ld.out):
+    #  .rodata         : { *(.rodata SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.rodata.*) .gnu.linkonce.r.*) }
+    #  *(.data SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.data.*) .gnu.linkonce.d.*)
+    #  *(.bss SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.bss.*) .gnu.linkonce.b.*)
+    # This will eliminate most of the data padding. Use linker script
+    # by commenting "try" above and uncommenting this one (tested on i386):
+    #try "-Wl,--start-group $l_list -Wl,--end-group -Wl,--verbose -Wl,-T -Wl,busybox_ldscript" "$@" >busybox_ld.out
+    #
+####}
+####rm busybox_ld.err
+####exit 0  # Ensure "success" exit code
diff --git a/selinux/chcon.c b/selinux/chcon.c
index 6e98c4ab9..a9552281d 100644
--- a/selinux/chcon.c
+++ b/selinux/chcon.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ skip:
 }
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_CHCON_LONG_OPTIONS
-static const char chcon_longopts[] =
+static const char chcon_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 	"recursive\0"      No_argument       "R"
 	"changes\0"        No_argument       "c"
 	"no-dereference\0" No_argument       "h"
diff --git a/selinux/runcon.c b/selinux/runcon.c
index 5f9e3fd12..6c3f518fc 100644
--- a/selinux/runcon.c
+++ b/selinux/runcon.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static context_t runcon_compute_new_context(char *user, char *role, char *type,
 }
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_RUNCON_LONG_OPTIONS
-static const char runcon_options[] =
+static const char runcon_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 	"user\0"    Required_argument "u"
 	"role\0"    Required_argument "r"
 	"type\0"    Required_argument "t"
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ int runcon_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	selinux_or_die();
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_RUNCON_LONG_OPTIONS
-	applet_long_options = runcon_options;
+	applet_long_options = runcon_longopts;
 #endif
 	opt_complementary = "-1";
 	opts = getopt32(argc, argv, "r:t:u:l:ch", &role, &type, &user, &range);
diff --git a/selinux/setfiles.c b/selinux/setfiles.c
index df77d6053..dcc8cbb5f 100644
--- a/selinux/setfiles.c
+++ b/selinux/setfiles.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ static int apply_spec(const char *file,
 
 static int canoncon(const char *path, unsigned lineno, char **contextp)
 {
-	static const char err_msg[] = "%s: line %u has invalid context %s";
+	static const char err_msg[] ALIGN1 = "%s: line %u has invalid context %s";
 
 	char *tmpcon;
 	char *context = *contextp;
diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index d34f5207f..9aec8ee0a 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ static const char *const optletters_optnames[] = {
 	"a"   "allexport",
 	"b"   "notify",
 	"u"   "nounset",
-	"\0"  "vi",
+	"\0"  "vi"
 #if DEBUG
-	"\0"  "nolog",
-	"\0"  "debug",
+	,"\0"  "nolog"
+	,"\0"  "debug"
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static const char *const optletters_optnames[] = {
 
 enum { NOPTS = ARRAY_SIZE(optletters_optnames) };
 
-static char optlist[NOPTS];
+static char optlist[NOPTS] ALIGN1;
 
 #define eflag optlist[0]
 #define fflag optlist[1]
@@ -127,12 +127,12 @@ static char optlist[NOPTS];
 
 /* ============ Misc data */
 
-static char nullstr[1];                /* zero length string */
-static const char homestr[] = "HOME";
-static const char snlfmt[] = "%s\n";
-static const char illnum[] = "Illegal number: %s";
+static char nullstr[1] ALIGN1;  /* zero length string */
+static const char homestr[] ALIGN1 = "HOME";
+static const char snlfmt[] ALIGN1 = "%s\n";
+static const char illnum[] ALIGN1 = "Illegal number: %s";
 
-static char *minusc;                   /* argument to -c option */
+static char *minusc;  /* argument to -c option */
 
 /* pid of main shell */
 static int rootpid;
@@ -447,7 +447,9 @@ out2str(const char *p)
 #define VSTRIMLEFTMAX   0x9             /* ${var##pattern} */
 #define VSLENGTH        0xa             /* ${#var} */
 
-static const char dolatstr[] = { CTLVAR, VSNORMAL|VSQUOTE, '@', '=', '\0' };
+static const char dolatstr[] ALIGN1 = {
+	CTLVAR, VSNORMAL|VSQUOTE, '@', '=', '\0'
+};
 
 #define NCMD 0
 #define NPIPE 1
@@ -1583,10 +1585,10 @@ static unsigned long rseed;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef IFS_BROKEN
-static const char defifsvar[] = "IFS= \t\n";
+static const char defifsvar[] ALIGN1 = "IFS= \t\n";
 #define defifs (defifsvar + 4)
 #else
-static const char defifs[] = " \t\n";
+static const char defifs[] ALIGN1 = " \t\n";
 #endif
 
 struct shparam {
@@ -2548,16 +2550,16 @@ static const char S_I_T[][3] = {
 static int
 SIT(int c, int syntax)
 {
-	static const char spec_symbls[] = "\t\n !\"$&'()*-/:;<=>?[\\]`|}~";
+	static const char spec_symbls[] ALIGN1 = "\t\n !\"$&'()*-/:;<=>?[\\]`|}~";
 #if ENABLE_ASH_ALIAS
-	static const char syntax_index_table[] = {
+	static const char syntax_index_table[] ALIGN1 = {
 		1, 2, 1, 3, 4, 5, 1, 6,         /* "\t\n !\"$&'" */
 		7, 8, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1, 1,         /* "()*-/:;<" */
 		3, 1, 3, 3, 9, 3, 10, 1,        /* "=>?[\\]`|" */
 		11, 3                           /* "}~" */
 	};
 #else
-	static const char syntax_index_table[] = {
+	static const char syntax_index_table[] ALIGN1 = {
 		0, 1, 0, 2, 3, 4, 0, 5,         /* "\t\n !\"$&'" */
 		6, 7, 2, 2, 2, 2, 0, 0,         /* "()*-/:;<" */
 		2, 0, 2, 2, 8, 2, 9, 0,         /* "=>?[\\]`|" */
@@ -5003,7 +5005,7 @@ esclen(const char *start, const char *p)
 static char *
 _rmescapes(char *str, int flag)
 {
-	static const char qchars[] = { CTLESC, CTLQUOTEMARK, '\0' };
+	static const char qchars[] ALIGN1 = { CTLESC, CTLQUOTEMARK, '\0' };
 
 	char *p, *q, *r;
 	unsigned inquotes;
@@ -5420,7 +5422,7 @@ static char *evalvar(char *p, int flag);
 static void
 argstr(char *p, int flag)
 {
-	static const char spclchars[] = {
+	static const char spclchars[] ALIGN1 = {
 		'=',
 		':',
 		CTLQUOTEMARK,
@@ -6266,7 +6268,7 @@ expsort(struct strlist *str)
 static void
 expandmeta(struct strlist *str, int flag)
 {
-	static const char metachars[] = {
+	static const char metachars[] ALIGN1 = {
 		'*', '?', '[', 0
 	};
 	/* TODO - EXP_REDIR */
@@ -10200,7 +10202,7 @@ parsesub: {
 	int typeloc;
 	int flags;
 	char *p;
-	static const char types[] = "}-+?=";
+	static const char types[] ALIGN1 = "}-+?=";
 
 	c = pgetc();
 	if (
@@ -10496,13 +10498,15 @@ parsearith: {
 #define NEW_xxreadtoken
 #ifdef NEW_xxreadtoken
 /* singles must be first! */
-static const char xxreadtoken_chars[7] = { '\n', '(', ')', '&', '|', ';', 0 };
+static const char xxreadtoken_chars[7] ALIGN1 = {
+	'\n', '(', ')', '&', '|', ';', 0
+};
 
-static const char xxreadtoken_tokens[] = {
+static const char xxreadtoken_tokens[] ALIGN1 = {
 	TNL, TLP, TRP,          /* only single occurrence allowed */
 	TBACKGND, TPIPE, TSEMI, /* if single occurrence */
 	TEOF,                   /* corresponds to trailing nul */
-	TAND, TOR, TENDCASE,    /* if double occurrence */
+	TAND, TOR, TENDCASE     /* if double occurrence */
 };
 
 #define xxreadtoken_doubles \
@@ -11379,7 +11383,7 @@ unsetcmd(int argc, char **argv)
 
 #include <sys/times.h>
 
-static const unsigned char timescmd_str[] = {
+static const unsigned char timescmd_str[] ALIGN1 = {
 	' ',  offsetof(struct tms, tms_utime),
 	'\n', offsetof(struct tms, tms_stime),
 	' ',  offsetof(struct tms, tms_cutime),
@@ -11659,9 +11663,9 @@ readcmd(int argc, char **argv)
 static int
 umaskcmd(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	static const char permuser[3] = "ugo";
-	static const char permmode[3] = "rwx";
-	static const short int permmask[] = {
+	static const char permuser[3] ALIGN1 = "ugo";
+	static const char permmode[3] ALIGN1 = "rwx";
+	static const short permmask[] ALIGN2 = {
 		S_IRUSR, S_IWUSR, S_IXUSR,
 		S_IRGRP, S_IWGRP, S_IXGRP,
 		S_IROTH, S_IWOTH, S_IXOTH
@@ -12318,7 +12322,7 @@ arith_apply(operator op, v_n_t *numstack, v_n_t **numstackptr)
 }
 
 /* longest must be first */
-static const char op_tokens[] = {
+static const char op_tokens[] ALIGN1 = {
 	'<','<','=',0, TOK_LSHIFT_ASSIGN,
 	'>','>','=',0, TOK_RSHIFT_ASSIGN,
 	'<','<',    0, TOK_LSHIFT,
diff --git a/shell/hush.c b/shell/hush.c
index 275b69ef3..5796f1127 100644
--- a/shell/hush.c
+++ b/shell/hush.c
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ extern char **environ; /* This is in <unistd.h>, but protected with __USE_GNU */
 /* broken, of course, but OK for testing */
 static const char *indenter(int i)
 {
-	static const char blanks[] = "                                    ";
+	static const char blanks[] ALIGN1 =
+		"                                    ";
 	return &blanks[sizeof(blanks) - i - 1];
 }
 #define debug_printf_clean(...) fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__)
@@ -3656,7 +3657,7 @@ static void setup_job_control(void)
 int hush_main(int argc, char **argv);
 int hush_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	static const char version_str[] = "HUSH_VERSION="HUSH_VER_STR;
+	static const char version_str[] ALIGN1 = "HUSH_VERSION="HUSH_VER_STR;
 	static const struct variable const_shell_ver = {
 		.next = NULL,
 		.varstr = (char*)version_str,
diff --git a/shell/lash.c b/shell/lash.c
index e5c7ef670..c28a1034a 100644
--- a/shell/lash.c
+++ b/shell/lash.c
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ static char * strsep_space(char *string, int * ix)
 
 static int expand_arguments(char *command)
 {
-	static const char out_of_space[] = "out of space during expansion";
+	static const char out_of_space[] ALIGN1 = "out of space during expansion";
 
 	int total_length = 0, length, i, retval, ix = 0;
 	expand_t expand_result;
diff --git a/shell/msh.c b/shell/msh.c
index effdc0107..f1b3f0525 100644
--- a/shell/msh.c
+++ b/shell/msh.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ struct brkcon {
  * -x: trace
  * -u: unset variables net diagnostic
  */
-static char flags['z' - 'a' + 1];
+static char flags['z' - 'a' + 1] ALIGN1;
 /* this looks weird, but is OK ... we index FLAG with 'a'...'z' */
 #define FLAG (flags - 'a')
 
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ struct here {
 	struct here *h_next;
 };
 
-static const char * const signame[] = {
+static const char *const signame[] = {
 	"Signal 0",
 	"Hangup",
 	NULL,  /* interrupt */
@@ -593,11 +593,10 @@ static const char * const signame[] = {
 	"SIGUSR2",
 	NULL,  /* broken pipe */
 	"Alarm clock",
-	"Terminated",
+	"Terminated"
 };
 
 
-
 struct res {
 	const char *r_name;
 	int r_val;
@@ -4209,7 +4208,7 @@ static char *unquote(char *as)
 #define	NDENT	((BLKSIZ+sizeof(struct dirent)-1)/sizeof(struct dirent))
 
 static struct wdblock *cl, *nl;
-static char spcl[] = "[?*";
+static const char spcl[] ALIGN1= "[?*";
 
 static struct wdblock *glob(char *cp, struct wdblock *wb)
 {
diff --git a/util-linux/fdisk.c b/util-linux/fdisk.c
index 0a8dbe94c..2933db472 100644
--- a/util-linux/fdisk.c
+++ b/util-linux/fdisk.c
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ struct hd_geometry {
 
 #define HDIO_GETGEO     0x0301  /* get device geometry */
 
-static const char msg_building_new_label[] =
+static const char msg_building_new_label[] ALIGN1 =
 "Building a new %s. Changes will remain in memory only,\n"
 "until you decide to write them. After that the previous content\n"
 "won't be recoverable.\n\n";
 
-static const char msg_part_already_defined[] =
+static const char msg_part_already_defined[] ALIGN1 =
 "Partition %d is already defined, delete it before re-adding\n";
 
 
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ struct partition {
 	unsigned char size4[4];         /* nr of sectors in partition */
 } ATTRIBUTE_PACKED;
 
-static const char unable_to_open[] = "cannot open %s";
-static const char unable_to_read[] = "cannot read from %s";
-static const char unable_to_seek[] = "cannot seek on %s";
-static const char unable_to_write[] = "cannot write to %s";
-static const char ioctl_error[] = "BLKGETSIZE ioctl failed on %s";
+static const char unable_to_open[] ALIGN1 = "cannot open %s";
+static const char unable_to_read[] ALIGN1 = "cannot read from %s";
+static const char unable_to_seek[] ALIGN1 = "cannot seek on %s";
+static const char unable_to_write[] ALIGN1 = "cannot write to %s";
+static const char ioctl_error[] ALIGN1 = "BLKGETSIZE ioctl failed on %s";
 static void fdisk_fatal(const char *why) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
 
 enum label_type {
diff --git a/util-linux/fdisk_osf.c b/util-linux/fdisk_osf.c
index 9f0dc7fd3..f6486d5f9 100644
--- a/util-linux/fdisk_osf.c
+++ b/util-linux/fdisk_osf.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ struct xbsd_disklabel {
 #define BSD_DSTYPE_DOSPART(s)   ((s) & 3)       /* dos partition number */
 #define BSD_DSTYPE_GEOMETRY     0x10            /* drive params in label */
 
-static const char * const xbsd_dktypenames[] = {
+static const char *const xbsd_dktypenames[] = {
 	"unknown",
 	"SMD",
 	"MSCP",
diff --git a/util-linux/getopt.c b/util-linux/getopt.c
index 41299d2c3..246017036 100644
--- a/util-linux/getopt.c
+++ b/util-linux/getopt.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static void set_shell(const char *new_shell)
  */
 
 #if ENABLE_GETOPT_LONG
-static const char getopt_longopts[] =
+static const char getopt_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 	"options\0"      Required_argument "o"
 	"longoptions\0"  Required_argument "l"
 	"quiet\0"        No_argument       "q"
diff --git a/util-linux/hexdump.c b/util-linux/hexdump.c
index 213f6071b..e294f19da 100644
--- a/util-linux/hexdump.c
+++ b/util-linux/hexdump.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static void bb_dump_addfile(char *name)
 	fclose(fp);
 }
 
-static const char * const add_strings[] = {
+static const char *const add_strings[] = {
 	"\"%07.7_ax \" 16/1 \"%03o \" \"\\n\"",		/* b */
 	"\"%07.7_ax \" 16/1 \"%3_c \" \"\\n\"",		/* c */
 	"\"%07.7_ax \" 8/2 \"  %05u \" \"\\n\"",	/* d */
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ static const char * const add_strings[] = {
 	"\"%07.7_ax \" 8/2 \"   %04x \" \"\\n\"",	/* x */
 };
 
-static const char add_first[] = "\"%07.7_Ax\n\"";
+static const char add_first[] ALIGN1 = "\"%07.7_Ax\n\"";
 
-static const char hexdump_opts[] = "bcdoxCe:f:n:s:v";
+static const char hexdump_opts[] ALIGN1 = "bcdoxCe:f:n:s:v";
 
 static const struct suffix_mult suffixes[] = {
 	{ "b", 512 },
diff --git a/util-linux/hwclock.c b/util-linux/hwclock.c
index ede95ecaa..867721482 100644
--- a/util-linux/hwclock.c
+++ b/util-linux/hwclock.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ int hwclock_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	int utc;
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_HWCLOCK_LONG_OPTIONS
-	static const char hwclock_longopts[] =
+	static const char hwclock_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 		"localtime\0" No_argument "l"
 		"utc\0"       No_argument "u"
 		"show\0"      No_argument "r"
diff --git a/util-linux/mdev.c b/util-linux/mdev.c
index 17e5e88c6..33dc5d38f 100644
--- a/util-linux/mdev.c
+++ b/util-linux/mdev.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static int dirAction(const char *fileName, struct stat *statbuf,
  * - userspace writes "0" (worked) or "-1" (failed) to /sys/$DEVPATH/loading
  * - kernel loads firmware into device
  */
-static inline void load_firmware(const char * const firmware, const char * const sysfs_path)
+static void load_firmware(const char *const firmware, const char *const sysfs_path)
 {
 	int cnt;
 	int firmware_fd, loading_fd, data_fd;
diff --git a/util-linux/mount.c b/util-linux/mount.c
index a7b0a98f0..c159f41e1 100644
--- a/util-linux/mount.c
+++ b/util-linux/mount.c
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ static int nfsmount(struct mntent *mp, int vfsflags, char *filteropts)
 	if (filteropts)	for (opt = strtok(filteropts, ","); opt; opt = strtok(NULL, ",")) {
 		char *opteq = strchr(opt, '=');
 		if (opteq) {
-			static const char options[] =
+			static const char options[] ALIGN1 =
 				/* 0 */ "rsize\0"
 				/* 1 */ "wsize\0"
 				/* 2 */ "timeo\0"
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ static int nfsmount(struct mntent *mp, int vfsflags, char *filteropts)
 			}
 		}
 		else {
-			static const char options[] =
+			static const char options[] ALIGN1 =
 				"bg\0"
 				"fg\0"
 				"soft\0"
@@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ static int singlemount(struct mntent *mp, int ignore_busy)
 // Parse options, if necessary parse fstab/mtab, and call singlemount for
 // each directory to be mounted.
 
-static const char must_be_root[] = "you must be root";
+static const char must_be_root[] ALIGN1 = "you must be root";
 
 int mount_main(int argc, char **argv);
 int mount_main(int argc, char **argv)
diff --git a/util-linux/readprofile.c b/util-linux/readprofile.c
index 02afedcf0..347621c19 100644
--- a/util-linux/readprofile.c
+++ b/util-linux/readprofile.c
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 #define S_LEN 128
 
 /* These are the defaults */
-static const char defaultmap[] = "/boot/System.map";
-static const char defaultpro[] = "/proc/profile";
+static const char defaultmap[] ALIGN1 = "/boot/System.map";
+static const char defaultpro[] ALIGN1 = "/proc/profile";
 
 int readprofile_main(int argc, char **argv);
 int readprofile_main(int argc, char **argv)