linux-kernel - [patch] x86, ds: fix buffer alignment in debug store selftest

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Date:	Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:43:09 +0200
From:	Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@...el.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de,
	hpa@...or.com
Cc:	markus.t.metzger@...el.com, markus.t.metzger@...il.com
Subject: [patch] x86, ds: fix buffer alignment in debug store selftest

The debug store selftest code uses a stack-allocated buffer, which is
not necessarily correctly aligned.

For tests using a buffer to hold a single entry, the buffer that is
passed to ds_request must already be suitably aligned.

Pass a suitably aligned portion of the bigger buffer.


Signed-off-by: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@...el.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/ds_selftest.c |    6 	4 +	2 -	0 !
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: b/arch/x86/kernel/ds_selftest.c
===================================================================
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ds_selftest.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ds_selftest.c
@@ -323,13 +323,15 @@ static int ds_selftest_bts_bad_request_t
 int ds_selftest_bts(void)
 {
 	struct ds_selftest_bts_conf conf;
-	unsigned char buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
+	unsigned char buffer[BUFFER_SIZE], *small_buffer;
 	unsigned long irq;
 	int cpu;
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "[ds] bts selftest...");
 	conf.error = 0;
 
+	small_buffer = (unsigned char *)ALIGN((unsigned long)buffer, 8) + 8;
+
 	get_online_cpus();
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
 		conf.suspend = ds_suspend_bts_wrap;
@@ -381,7 +383,7 @@ int ds_selftest_bts(void)
 	conf.suspend = ds_suspend_bts_noirq;
 	conf.resume = ds_resume_bts_noirq;
 	conf.tracer =
-		ds_request_bts_task(current, buffer, SMALL_BUFFER_SIZE,
+		ds_request_bts_task(current, small_buffer, SMALL_BUFFER_SIZE,
 				   NULL, (size_t)-1, BTS_KERNEL);
 	local_irq_save(irq);
 	ds_selftest_bts_cpu(&conf);
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