linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] connector: Some fixes for ia64 unaligned access errors

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Date:	Fri, 8 Dec 2006 19:20:27 -0800
From:	Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@...hat.com>
To:	Erik Jacobson <erikj@....com>
Cc:	guillaume.thouvenin@...l.net, matthltc@...ibm.com,
	zaitcev@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] connector: Some fixes for ia64 unaligned access errors

On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 17:22:13 -0600, Erik Jacobson <erikj@....com> wrote:

> Here, we just adjust how the variables are declared and use memcopy to
> avoid the error messages.
> -	ev->timestamp_ns = timespec_to_ns(&ts);
> +	ev.timestamp_ns = timespec_to_ns(&ts);

Please try to declare u64 timestamp_ns, then copy it into the *ev
instead of copying whole *ev. This ought to fix the problem if
buffer[] ends aligned to 32 bits or better.

Also... Since Linus does not take patches in general off l-k anymore,
you have to find whoever herds the connector and feed the patch through
him/her.

-- Pete
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