[RFC][PATCH] compat_uint64_t type

[Andreas Schwab]

Dmitry Mishin <dim at openvz.org> writes:

> On Monday 17 April 2006 15:51, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> Dmitry Mishin <dim at openvz.org> writes:
>> > diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/compat.h b/include/asm-ia64/compat.h
>> > index 40d01d8..3e6417b 100644
>> > --- a/include/asm-ia64/compat.h
>> > +++ b/include/asm-ia64/compat.h
>> > @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ typedef s32		compat_long_t;
>> >  typedef u32		compat_uint_t;
>> >  typedef u32		compat_ulong_t;
>> >
>> > +typedef u64 __attribute__((aligned(4)))	compat_uint64_t;
>>
>> The aligned attribute cannot decrease alignment.
> With my gcc (3.3.5) it can.

You're right, this is a special case (in general it can't without the
packed attribute).

Andreas.

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