linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] random: properly align get_random_int

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Date:	Wed, 4 May 2016 21:08:53 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] random: properly align get_random_int_hash

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 08:11:25PM -0500, Eric Biggers wrote:
> get_random_long() reads from the get_random_int_hash array using an
> unsigned long pointer.  For this code to be guaranteed correct on all
> architectures, the array must be aligned to an unsigned long boundary.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted