From: Alexey Dobriyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:10:29 +0400
> This patch effectively reverts commit d0498d9ae1a5cebac363e38907266d5cd2eedf89 > aka "[NET]: Do not allocate unneeded memory for dev->priv alignment." > It was found to be buggy because of final unconditional += NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST > removal. > > For example, for sizeof(struct net_device) being 2048 bytes, "alloc_size" > was also 2048 bytes, but allocator with debugging options turned on started > giving out !32-byte aligned memory resulting in redzones overwrites. > > Patch does small optimization in ->priv'less case: bumping size to next > 32-byte boundary was always done to ensure ->priv will also be aligned. > But, no ->priv, no need to do that. > > Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks for finding and fixing this regression. Patch applied. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] https://openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
