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

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Date:	Tue, 18 May 2010 13:59:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mpm@...enic.com
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

From: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 14:33:55 -0500

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

I recommend that the alignment provided by the allocator is not
determined by which allocator I happen to have enabled.

The values and ifdef'ery should be identical in all of our
allocators.
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