Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964807AbVI0Euf (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:50:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964806AbVI0Euf (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:50:35 -0400 Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:26801 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964804AbVI0Eue (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:50:34 -0400 Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:50:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20050926.215029.97127602.davem@davemloft.net> To: coywolf@gmail.com Cc: alex.williamson@hp.com, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] sys_sendmsg() alignment bug fix From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <2cd57c90050926204022fb22ca@mail.gmail.com> References: <1127764921.6529.60.camel@tdi> <2cd57c90050926204022fb22ca@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2.53 on Emacs 21.4 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 685 Lines: 16 From: Coywolf Qi Hunt Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:40:38 +0800 > On 9/27/05, Alex Williamson wrote: > > The patch below adds an alignment attribute to the buffer used in > > sys_sendmsg(). This eliminates an unaligned access warning on ia64. > > Is this a warning fix or bug fix? It doesn't generate a warning, but it does generate totally unnecessary unaligned access traps on RISC systems. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/