linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] SLOB breaks Crypto

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Date:	Wed, 19 May 2010 14:09:46 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	penberg@...helsinki.fi, mpm@...enic.com, ken@...elabs.ch,
	geert@...ux-m68k.org, michael-dev@...i-braun.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	anemo@....ocn.ne.jp
Subject: Re: [BUG] SLOB breaks Crypto

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 02:20:21PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> 
> I'll add the define for sparc, but saying "sparc's fault" is bogus
> because I defined what was necessary to get SLAB/SLUB to provide the
> necessary alignment.  SLOB pays for choosing not to use the same
> calculations for minimum alignment as the other allocators, and
> therefore pays for being different in this regard.

Once that macro hits the main tree I'll push the crypto fix out.

Thanks!
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