linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] devres: Explicitly align datai[] to 64-bit

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Date:   Mon, 9 Jul 2018 17:45:21 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc:     Alexey Brodkin <Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
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        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
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        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "David.Laight@...LAB.COM" <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>,
        "linux-arch@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        "geert@...ux-m68k.org" <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] devres: Explicitly align datai[] to 64-bit

On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 05:34:27PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 04:29:58PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > Shouldn't that be 8? AFAICT, __alignof__(unsigned long long) is 8 on
> > x86_32:
> 
> Curious, I wonder why we put that align in atomic64_32 then.

Shiny, look at this: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54188