From: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 13:42:48 +1030 > But OTOH, this is an old problem which was faced by module params since > pre-git. And we use the-align-to-void*-size method there; I vaguely recall > inserting it. > > You've now got me wondering whether these platforms have broken builtin > module parameters, but I think it would crash iterating if you had any > boot parameters at all if that were the case. > > So do we fix that now too, or wait for it to break? Good question. I think the magic align magic on x86_64 in gcc only kicks in if a structure is larger than a certain size. But of course they could change that at some point if they like. So probably better safe than sorry. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
