[commit: ghc] wip/fix-docs: Revert "rts: Ensure that the_gc_thread is aligned" (6d68553)

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On branch  : wip/fix-docs
Link       : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/6d68553346af842e390b9e8bab846482e50930a2/ghc

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commit 6d68553346af842e390b9e8bab846482e50930a2
Author: Ben Gamari <ben at smart-cactus.org>
Date:   Wed Aug 8 18:59:44 2018 -0400

    Revert "rts: Ensure that the_gc_thread is aligned"
    
    This reverts commit 87a79e394013e5f722496900227b126015d0d780.


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6d68553346af842e390b9e8bab846482e50930a2
 rts/sm/GC.c | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rts/sm/GC.c b/rts/sm/GC.c
index bd4a81c..67eba93 100644
--- a/rts/sm/GC.c
+++ b/rts/sm/GC.c
@@ -128,11 +128,7 @@ uint32_t mutlist_MUTVARS,
 gc_thread **gc_threads = NULL;
 
 #if !defined(THREADED_RTS)
-/* Use conservative alignment since we will cast this to a gc_thread and
- * consequently the compiler may assume it is aligned. See #15482.
- */
-StgWord8 the_gc_thread[sizeof(gc_thread) + 64 * sizeof(gen_workspace)]
-    __attribute__((aligned(sizeof(W_))));
+StgWord8 the_gc_thread[sizeof(gc_thread) + 64 * sizeof(gen_workspace)];
 #endif
 
 // Number of threads running in *this* GC.  Affects how many