Re: [RFC][PATCH] compat_uint64_t type

[Dmitry Mishin <dim@openvz.org>]

On Monday 17 April 2006 15:51, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Dmitry Mishin <dim@openvz.org> writes:
> > diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/compat.h b/include/asm-ia64/compat.h
> > index 40d01d8..3e6417b 100644
> > --- a/include/asm-ia64/compat.h
> > +++ b/include/asm-ia64/compat.h
> > @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ typedef s32		compat_long_t;
> >  typedef u32		compat_uint_t;
> >  typedef u32		compat_ulong_t;
> >
> > +typedef u64 __attribute__((aligned(4)))	compat_uint64_t;
>
> The aligned attribute cannot decrease alignment.
With my gcc (3.3.5) it can. Which solution do you propose?
__attribute__((packed, aligned(4)))?
Or 
#ifdef  ARCH_HAS_FUNNY_ALIGNMENT
struct compat_xt_counters {
	uint32_t cnt[4];
}
#else
#define compat_xt_counters xt_counters
#endif
?

>
> Andreas.

-- 
Thanks,
Dmitry.