misaligned memory access in cmdlinepart.c

[Vitaly Wool]

Hi Timofei,
I guess you should use a mail client that doesn't expand tabs to spaces, 
like sylpheed or pine.

Best regards,
   Vitaly

Timofei V. Bondarenko wrote:

> JЖrn Engel wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 6 June 2005 20:49:01 +0400, Timofei V. Bondarenko wrote:
>>
>>> JЖrn Engel wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hmm.  Well, I just don't care enough, let's keep it.
>>>>
>>>> Can you test the current patch and see if it works for you?  Once
>>>> you've confirmed that, I'll commit it.
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes. I've tested it on the uclinux-bf533.
>>
>>
>>
>> Doesn't apply with patch -p1.  Can you respin the patch against mtd
>> cvs and make sure it does?  If in doubt, read:
>> http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt
>
>
> Ok, sorry for noise.
> Is it good enough?
>
> diff -u -p -r1.17 cmdlinepart.c
> --- mtd/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c    26 Nov 2004 11:18:47 -0000    1.17
> +++ mtd/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c    7 Jun 2005 08:02:00 -0000
> @@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ static int mtdpart_setup_real(char *s)
>                  &num_parts,    /* out: number of parts */
>                  0,        /* first partition */
>                  (unsigned char**)&this_mtd, /* out: extra mem */
> -                mtd_id_len + 1 + sizeof(*this_mtd));
> +                mtd_id_len + 1 + sizeof(*this_mtd) +
> +                                sizeof(void*)-1 /*alignment*/);
>          if(!parts)
>          {
>              /*
> @@ -252,7 +253,10 @@ static int mtdpart_setup_real(char *s)
>               return 0;
>           }
>
> -        /* enter results */   
> +        /* align this_mtd */
> +                this_mtd = (struct cmdline_mtd_partition *)
> +                    ALIGN((unsigned long)this_mtd, sizeof(void*));
> +        /* enter results */
>          this_mtd->parts = parts;
>          this_mtd->num_parts = num_parts;
>          this_mtd->mtd_id = (char*)(this_mtd + 1);
>
>
>
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