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author | Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> | 2010-10-15 14:34:14 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-10-15 14:42:24 -0700 |
commit | 79b5dc0c64d88cda3da23b2e22a5cec0964372ac (patch) | |
tree | dffaf45200c456b87c4939ce422aea8efff1cfc8 /arch | |
parent | e3c6cf61815b0af0c697aeed4c6f11762f913002 (diff) | |
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types.h: define __aligned_u64 and expose to userspace
We currently have a kernel internal type called aligned_u64 which aligns
__u64's on 8 bytes boundaries even on systems which would normally align
them on 4 byte boundaries. This patch creates a new type __aligned_u64
which does the same thing but which is exposed to userspace rather than
being kernel internal.
[akpm: merge early as both the net and audit trees want this]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: enhance the comment describing the reasons for using aligned_u64. Via Andreas and Andi.]
Based-on-patch-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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