On 03 Mar 2015 13:32, Masatake YAMATO wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 23:20:12 -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On 03 Mar 2015 12:48, Masatake YAMATO wrote:
> >> On Tue, 3 Mar 2015 03:13:11 +0300, "Dmitry V. Levin" wrote:
> >> >> > --- a/socketutils.c
> >> >> > +++ b/socketutils.c
> >> >> > @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ receive_responses(const int fd, const unsigned 
> >> >> > long inode,
> >> >> >                 const char *proto_name,
> >> >> >                 bool (* parser) (const char *, const void *, int, 
> >> >> > const unsigned long))
> >> >> >  {
> >> >> > -     static char buf[8192];
> >> >> > +     static long buf[8192 / sizeof(long)];
> >> >> >       struct sockaddr_nl nladdr = {
> >> >> >               .nl_family = AF_NETLINK
> >> >> >       };
> >> 
> >> ??? What does thie mean?
> >> The addresses of long buf and char buf differs?
> > 
> > afaict, it only changes alignment
> 
> alignment of buf itself?

correct.  a char[] can have any alignment while long[] has to have at least 
sizeof(long) on most systems (i.e. typically 4 on 32bit systems and 8 on 64bit).
-mike

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