[RFC PATCH] create generic alignment api (v5)

[mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com (Mathieu Desnoyers)]

* Alexander Shishkin (virtuoso at slind.org) wrote:
> On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 03:10:45 -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > * Alexander Shishkin (virtuoso at slind.org) wrote:
> > > On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 08:09:00 -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()
> > > 
> > > Do you plan to have this integrated to the mainline? I'd like to use one of
> > > these in my next version of the __xchg patch. So, do you need any help or
> > > feedback or whatnot with this one?
> > 
> > Given that no one seems to oppose to this patch, I think I'll just re-submit it
> > as-is for real this time.
> 
> Sorry, a short explanation: it has to be a separate header file in order to be of
> use to me, since I need those in system.h, which gets included implicitly through
> bitops.h earlier in kernel.h.
> 
> So I took the liberty to hack up a v6 of this patch.

Yep, I'm ok with this change.

Thanks,

Mathieu

> 
> Regards,
> --
> Alex

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Mathieu Desnoyers
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