Re: 2.6.9 PageAnon bug

[Andi Kleen]

Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
 
> But what does "aligned(2)" or "aligned(4)" do on 64-bit machines -
> any danger of it aligning stupidly?  I think not, but know little.

It will align stupidly. 

This means on x86-64 i don't care too much because the misalignment
penalty on K8 is only 1 cycle and not that much worse on P4, but 
others may care more.

-Andi
 
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