linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] IA64: alignment bug in ldscript

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Date:	Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:23:29 -0800
From:	"Chen, Kenneth W" <kenneth.w.chen@...el.com>
To:	"'Kirill Korotaev'" <dev@...nvz.org>,
	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>, <linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>,
	"Alexey Kuznetsov" <alexey@...nvz.org>,
	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<devel@...nvz.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] IA64: alignment bug in ldscript

Kirill Korotaev wrote on Monday, December 18, 2006 4:05 AM
> [IA64] bug in ldscript (mainstream)
> 
> Occasionally, in mainstream number of fsys entries is even.

Is it a typo on "fsys entries is even"?

If not, then this change log is misleading. It is the instruction
patch list of FSYS_RETURN that can potentially cause other data
structures to be out of alignment. And number of FSYS_RETURN call
site will not necessarily match number of fsys entry.

> In OpenVZ it is odd and we get misaligned kernel image,
> which does not boot.

Otherwise, the patch looks fine to me.
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