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

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Date:	Tue, 18 May 2010 14:33:55 -0500
From:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, ken@...elabs.ch, geert@...ux-m68k.org,
	michael-dev@...i-braun.de, penberg@...helsinki.fi,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	anemo@....ocn.ne.jp
Subject: Re: [BUG] SLOB breaks Crypto

On Tue, 2010-05-18 at 12:25 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 20:27:01 +1000
> 
> > I think the simplest fix is to revert this changeset.
> 
> If you revert then you'll break sparc.
> 
> Sparc needs long long alignment, so it's SLOB that needs to
> change if it isn't providing at least that much alignment
> by default.

SLOB honors ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN. If your arch has alignment
requirements, I recommend you set it.

-- 
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