Re: [PATCH 1/1] i2c: align i2c_device_id

From: Jean Delvare
Date: Mon May 19 2008 - 15:00:30 EST


Hi Jiri,

On Mon, 19 May 2008 15:18:44 +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> Align i2c_device_id.driver_data to 8 bytes to not fail on crossbuilds.
>
> (Added in d2653e92732bd3911feff6bee5e23dbf959381db.)
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/mod_devicetable.h | 3 ++-
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
> index a37db57..1fd03e7 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
> @@ -384,7 +384,8 @@ struct virtio_device_id {
>
> struct i2c_device_id {
> char name[I2C_NAME_SIZE];
> - kernel_ulong_t driver_data; /* Data private to the driver */
> + kernel_ulong_t driver_data /* Data private to the driver */
> + __attribute__((aligned(sizeof(kernel_ulong_t))));
> };
>

Thanks for this patch, it's in my i2c tree now and will be sent to
Linus by the end of the week. I wasn't aware of this possible alignment
issue, sorry.

--
Jean Delvare
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