linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/2] bootmem: add alloc_bootmem

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Date:	Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:14:28 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
CC:	hpa@...or.com, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.jf.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] bootmem: add alloc_bootmem_align()

On 11/16/2010 01:23 PM, Suresh Siddha wrote:
> Index: tree/include/linux/bootmem.h
> ===================================================================
> --- tree.orig/include/linux/bootmem.h
> +++ tree/include/linux/bootmem.h
> @@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ extern void *__alloc_bootmem_low_node(pg
>  
>  #define alloc_bootmem(x) \
>  	__alloc_bootmem(x, SMP_CACHE_BYTES, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS))
> +#define alloc_bootmem_align(x, align) \
> +	__alloc_bootmem(x, align, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS))
>  #define alloc_bootmem_nopanic(x) \
>  	__alloc_bootmem_nopanic(x, SMP_CACHE_BYTES, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS))
>  #define alloc_bootmem_pages(x) \

  [...]

>  	 */
> -	init_xstate_buf = alloc_bootmem(xstate_size);
> +	init_xstate_buf = alloc_bootmem_align(xstate_size,
> +					      __alignof__(struct xsave_struct));
>  	init_xstate_buf->i387.mxcsr = MXCSR_DEFAULT;

Perhaps it would make even more sense to have:

#define alloc_bootmem_alignof(x, type) \
	__alloc_bootmem(x, __alignof__(type), __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS))


?

	-hpa
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