Messages in this thread | | | From | Rusty Russell <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Fix undefined/miscompiled construct in kernel parameters | Date | Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:55:22 +1000 |
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In message <20030616004957.GA15350@twiddle.net> you write: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 10:23:41AM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote: > > Since Andi reports that even that doesn't work for x86-64, I'd say > > apply this patch based on his: it's an arbitrary change anyway. > > No, Andi located the *real* problem. The compiler was over-aligning > these objects, which added padding, which broke the array semantics > you were looking for. The solution is to add an attribute aligned; > he's sent a patch to Linus already.
Thanks for the explanation. Sorry I missed it.
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