Author: cognet
Date: Sun Oct 27 22:15:50 2013
New Revision: 257231
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/257231

Log:
  Make sure the PCB is aligned on 8 bytes, we may use ldrd/strd to access it,
  which may have strong alignment requirements.

Modified:
  head/sys/arm/include/pcb.h

Modified: head/sys/arm/include/pcb.h
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/arm/include/pcb.h  Sun Oct 27 22:05:10 2013        (r257230)
+++ head/sys/arm/include/pcb.h  Sun Oct 27 22:15:50 2013        (r257231)
@@ -81,7 +81,11 @@ struct pcb {
        struct  pcb_arm32 un_32;
        struct vfp_state pcb_vfpstate;          /* VP/NEON state */
        u_int pcb_vfpcpu;                       /* VP/NEON last cpu */
-};
+} __aligned(8); /* 
+                * We need the PCB to be aligned on 8 bytes, as we may
+                * access it using ldrd/strd, and some CPUs require it
+                * to by aligned on 8 bytes.
+                */
 
 /*
  * No additional data for core dumps.
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