linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 090/149] rtlwifi: Align private space in rtl

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Message-ID: <lsq.1382345188.860738344@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:46:28 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	"Larry Finger" <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	"Jason Andrews" <jasona@...ence.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 090/149] rtlwifi: Align private space in rtl_priv struct

3.2.52-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>

commit 60ce314d1750fef843e9db70050e09e49f838b69 upstream.

The private array at the end of the rtl_priv struct is not aligned.
On ARM architecture, this causes an alignment trap and is fixed by aligning
that array with __align(sizeof(void *)). That should properly align that
space according to the requirements of all architectures.

Reported-by: Jason Andrews <jasona@...ence.com>
Tested-by: Jason Andrews <jasona@...ence.com>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h
@@ -1630,7 +1630,7 @@ struct rtl_priv {
 	   that it points to the data allocated
 	   beyond  this structure like:
 	   rtl_pci_priv or rtl_usb_priv */
-	u8 priv[0];
+	u8 priv[0] __aligned(sizeof(void *));
 };
 
 #define rtl_priv(hw)		(((struct rtl_priv *)(hw)->priv))

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