Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 15 Jun 2003 17:49:57 -0700 | From | Richard Henderson <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Fix undefined/miscompiled construct in kernel parameters |
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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.
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