linux-kernel - Re: [GIT pull] locking/urgent for v5.12-rc3

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wjuD2cCptSJmmHBp2c9chTPnZcSi+0vA+QJ8JNjYTJKCw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 14 Mar 2021 13:15:25 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT pull] locking/urgent for v5.12-rc3

On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 8:40 AM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
>  - A fix for the static_call mechanism so it handles unaligned
>    addresses correctly.

I'm not disputing the fix in any way, but why weren't the relocation
info and function start addresses mutually aligned?

Are we perhaps missing some .align directive somewhere?

Or am I missing something?

             Linus