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Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] siginfo fix for v4.16-rc5
From:   Josh Juran <jjuran@gmail.com>
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Date:   Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:24:58 -0400
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On Apr 3, 2018, at 10:27 AM, Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> =
wrote:

> Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> writes:
>=20
>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 10:17 PM, Eric W. Biederman =
<ebiederm@xmission.com> wrote:
>>=20
>>> A 2-byte alignment for 4 byte pointers.  That is a new one to me.
>>=20
>> Not just for pointers, also for int and long.
>=20
> The smallest I have seen previously has been 64bit integers having
> 32bit alignment.  32bit entities having only 16bit alignment on a =
32bit
> arch was simply a surprise.  Even when it works there tend to be good
> reasons not to do that by default.

The 68K architecture began as 16-bit with the 68000.  Rather than =
tightening requirements, the 68020 not only maintained compatibility =
with 16-bit alignment, but also forgave byte-misaligned data accesses =
(albeit with a performance penalty).  Jumping to an odd address is still =
an error, though.

Josh