Add padding between the PAL-saved and kernel-saved registers so that 'struct pt_regs' have an even number of 64-bit words. This makes the stack properly aligned for most of the kernel code, except two handlers which need special threatment. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tested-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@unseen.parts> --- arch/alpha/include/asm/ptrace.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/ptrace.h index 693d4c5b4dc7..694b82ca62f3 100644 --- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/ptrace.h +++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/ptrace.h @@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ struct pt_regs { unsigned long trap_a0; unsigned long trap_a1; unsigned long trap_a2; +/* This makes the stack 16-byte aligned as GCC expects */ + unsigned long __pad0; /* These are saved by PAL-code: */ unsigned long ps; unsigned long pc; -- 2.39.5