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Subject: Re: kmalloc() alignment
In-Reply-To: <E14ZuyF-00071y-00@the-village.bc.nu> from Alan Cox at "Mar 5, 2001
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From: R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl (Rogier Wolff)
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Alan Cox wrote:
> > As far as I know, you can count on 16-bytes alignment from
> > kmalloc. The trouble is that you would have to keep the original
> 
> Actually it depends on the debug settings

Actually THAT's a bug in the debug stuff.... 

		Roger.


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