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Subject: Re: [patch 01/20] Create generic alignment API (v8)
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On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 06:57:28 -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> Rather than re-doing the "alignment on a type size" trick all over again at
> different levels, import the "ltt_align" from LTTng into kernel.h and make this
> available to everyone. Renaming to:
> 
> - object_align()
> - object_align_floor()
> - offset_align()
> - offset_align_floor()

I was just wondering if this patch makes any progress anywhere?

Regards,
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Alex
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