linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/13] jump label v9: base patch

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Message-ID: <20100609223652.GC12752@nowhere>
Date:	Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:36:53 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu,
	mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca, hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, andi@...stfloor.org, roland@...hat.com,
	rth@...hat.com, mhiramat@...hat.com, avi@...hat.com,
	davem@...emloft.net, vgoyal@...hat.com, sam@...nborg.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/13] jump label v9: base patch

On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 05:38:57PM -0400, Jason Baron wrote:
> +#define JUMP_TABLE()							\
> +	. = ALIGN(64);							\
> +		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___jump_table) = .;		\
> +		*(__jump_table)						\
> +		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___jump_table) = .;		\
> +



Why does it need to be aligned to 64?

Thanks.

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