The patch titled
PTR_ALIGN
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
ptr_align.patch
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Subject: PTR_ALIGN
From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx>
The AdvanSys driver wants to align some pointers, and the ALIGN macro
doesn't work for pointers. Rather than try to make it work, add a new
PTR_ALIGN macro which is typesafe.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kernel.h | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff -puN include/linux/kernel.h~ptr_align include/linux/kernel.h
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h~ptr_align
+++ a/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ extern const char linux_proc_banner[];
#define ALIGN(x,a) __ALIGN_MASK(x,(typeof(x))(a)-1)
#define __ALIGN_MASK(x,mask) (((x)+(mask))&~(mask))
+#define PTR_ALIGN(p, a) ((typeof(p))ALIGN((unsigned long)(p), (a)))
#define ARRAY_SIZE(arr) (sizeof(arr) / sizeof((arr)[0]) + __must_be_array(arr))
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from matthew@xxxxxx are
fix-dac960-driver-on-machines-which-dont-support-64-bit-dma.patch
ptr_align.patch
git-scsi-misc.patch
drivers-scsi-advansysc-ld-error-re-2623-rc3-mm1.patch
make-sure-nobodys-leaking-resources.patch
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