Re: [patch 2/2] slab: always consider arch mandated alignment

[Manfred Spraul]

Christoph Lameter wrote:

> A slab user is setting alignment in order to optimize performance not for 
> correctness. Most users that I know of can live with misalignments. If 
> that would not be the case then this code would never have worked.
>  

Which users do you know that set align and that can live with misalignments?
As I wrote, there are no such users in my (i386) kernel.

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   Manfred
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