linux-kernel - Re: Early crash (was: Re: module: show version information for built-in modules in sysfs)

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Message-ID: <m2bp2udllv.fsf@igel.home>
Date:	Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:10:04 +0100
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...are.com>
Cc:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux/m68k <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Early crash (was: Re: module: show version information for built-in modules in sysfs)

Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...are.com> writes:

> Even pointers? I'd expect pointers to be aligned on 4-bytes boundaries?

Pointers are not special in any way.  Why should they?  On the machine
level pointers are just numbers.

Andreas.

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