* Thus spake David Miller (davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx): > From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 23:06:51 +0200 > > > and SLOB defines: > > > > |#ifdef ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN > > |#define ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN > > |#else > > |#define ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN __alignof__(unsigned long) > > |#endif > > SLOB should really use "unsigned long long" I think. > > An allocator needs to provide memory with the maximum > alignment that might be required for types on a given > architecture. The larger alignment is due to u64 in the counter struct. However, it still needs two loads/stores for it on my 32bit powerpc here. Sebastian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
