On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 01:19:23PM +0000, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jan 2025, Magnus Lindholm wrote: > > > 8-byte aligned. A quick-fix/workaround for this might be to avoid > > using the __attribute__((__aligned__(x))) directive on > > variables/structs declared on the stack in the kernel code (at least > > for alpha), but to really get to the bottom of this, the kernel needs > > to be fixed so that the kernel stack is in fact always 16-byte aligned > > on alpha. This means that this bug is not really related to rcu or smp > > but rather a mismatch between gcc and linux-alpha regarding psABI > > compliance. > > Correct. Unless someone beats me to it, I'll work on a fix, but I'm busy > with other stuff right now, so it may take a few weeks. I'll look into that (I owe you for helping me with the binutils patch :) Indeed, SP_OFF in entry.S is the main suspect at the moment. Ivan.
