linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2]: ftrace: Remove packed attribute on ftrace

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Date:	Wed, 14 May 2008 09:10:54 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	mingo@...e.hu, acme@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2]: ftrace: Remove packed attribute on ftrace_page.

David Miller wrote:
> It causes unaligned access traps on platforms like sparc
> (ftrace_page may be marked packed, but once we return
> a dyn_ftrace sub-object from this array to another piece
> of code, the "packed" part of the typing information doesn't
> propagate).
> 
> But also, it didn't serve any purpose either.  Even if packed,
> on 64-bit or 32-bit, it didn't give us any more dyn_ftrace
> entries per-page.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>

-- Steve
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