linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: Do not allow unaligned accesses when CONFIG_ALIGNMENT

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Date:	Thu, 26 May 2011 12:58:40 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
CC:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Måns Rullgård 
	<mans@...sr.com>, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	sam@...nborg.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: Do not allow unaligned accesses when CONFIG_ALIGNMENT_TRAP


> So it sounds like we might not want to enable this blindly across all
> architectures. Indeed, on ARM, it encourages the compiler to pack
> variables on the stack which leads to the weird and wonderful alignment
> situation that has been encountered in this thread.

Interesting. I'm pretty sure it didn't do that when I added the flag.

Anyways making it a CONFIG is fine for me. Just don't set it on ARM. It 
should be set on x86
at least.

-Andi

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