linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] percpu misaligned allocation

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Date:	Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:54:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	tj@...nel.org
Cc:	fweisbec@...il.com, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] percpu misaligned allocation

From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:30:34 +0900

>  
>  	if (!total_profile_count) {
> -		buf = (char *)alloc_percpu(perf_trace_t);
> +		buf = (char *)__alloc_percpu(sizeof(perf_trace_t),
> +					     __alignof__(unsigned long));
>  		if (!buf)
>  			goto fail_buf;

Why not make perf_trace_t have the proper alignment?

That's better than patching around it like this.

Defining it as an array of char[]'s is just asking
for lots of trouble.
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