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Re: ieee80211_i.h: shouldn't struct ps_data.tim be aligned unsigned long?

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On Wed, 2013-12-18 at 00:16 -0800, Joe Perches wrote:

> Perhaps the
> 	u8 tim[sizeof...]
> member should be marked
> 	__aligned(sizeof(unsigned long))
> so that the cast to ulong when bitmap_empty
> is actually forced to be ulong aligned?

yeah, I suppose that's true.

> diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
> index ed5bf8b..e5a9c51 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
> +++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
> @@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ struct ps_data {
>  	/* yes, this looks ugly, but guarantees that we can later use
>  	 * bitmap_empty :)
>  	 * NB: don't touch this bitmap, use sta_info_{set,clear}_tim_bit */
> -	u8 tim[sizeof(unsigned long) * BITS_TO_LONGS(IEEE80211_MAX_AID + 1)];
> +	u8 tim[sizeof(unsigned long) * BITS_TO_LONGS(IEEE80211_MAX_AID + 1)]
> +			__aligned(sizeof(unsigned long));

Care to send a proper patch? Otherwise I'll just re-do it and pick it up
that way ...

johannes

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