Re: Linux-2.1.109.. preliminary code freeze.
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 18 Jul 1998 14:58:41 +0100 (BST)
> The problem here is applying "test_and_set_bit" to a poorly-aligned char.
> The variable is "interrupt" in a "struct device" (line 192 in netdevice.h).
> For the UDB, this can be kludged-around by changing the two char-s to int-s.
> Somebody else should know the correct solution. The code in question is
> around line 1560 in de4x5.c:
If we need to ensure alignment of that field for atomic tests then unless
it breaks anything else (it doesnt seem to at first look) they should be
int. Im happy to make them ints
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