netdev - Re: [PATCH] ieee80211_i.h: Align struct ps

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Date:	Thu, 19 Dec 2013 09:19:12 +0100
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ieee80211_i.h: Align struct ps_data.tim to unsigned long

On Wed, 2013-12-18 at 16:52 -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> Its address is used as an unsigned long *, so make sure
> that the tim u8 array is properly aligned.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com
> ---
> > Care to send a proper patch? Otherwise I'll just re-do it and pick it up
> > that way ...
> 
> I had a passing thought about this when out today.
> It should really be set to __aligned(__alignof(unsigned long))
> so here's a proper patch.

Hmm, yeah, I guess that's true, though sizeof() is probably >= on
anything where Linux runs (and otherwise arrays get problematic anyway?)

Anyway, I've dropped my patch in favour of yours.

johannes

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