linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] crypto: ccp - Reduce stack frame size with KASAN

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Date:   Tue, 28 Mar 2017 10:56:55 -0500
From:   Gary R Hook <ghook@....com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, "Hook, Gary" <Gary.Hook@....com>
CC:     "Lendacky, Thomas" <Thomas.Lendacky@....com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] crypto: ccp - Reduce stack frame size with KASAN

On 03/28/2017 10:10 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>> -};
>>> +} __packed __aligned(4);
>>
>> My gcc 4.8 doesn't understand __aligned(). Shouldn't we use
>> #pragma(4) here?
>
> That is odd, the __aligned() macro gets defined for all compiler versions
> in linux/compiler.h, and the aligned attribute should work for all supported
> compilers (3.2 and higher), while #pragma pack() requires gcc-4.0 or
> higher.
>

Tried again in a couple of trees. Not sure what I did wrong, but the 
compiler
seems to be happy now. Huh.

Will submit a V2.


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