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| author | Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de> | 2013-10-09 09:13:41 +0000 |
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| committer | Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de> | 2013-10-09 09:13:41 +0000 |
| commit | b814661167a264a67bdc3f8a0180dc3b6592cba2 (patch) | |
| tree | bef2e2c131992eb93c234e3ec2677348c839146c /package/kernel | |
| parent | e382d2c7e615dfbdfeca88b6a66fff5eabd8cc61 (diff) | |
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mac80211: rtlwifi: Align private space in rtl_priv struct
Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
SVN-Revision: 38346
Diffstat (limited to 'package/kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | package/kernel/mac80211/patches/750-rtlwifi-Align-private-space-in-rtl_priv-struct.patch | 27 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/750-rtlwifi-Align-private-space-in-rtl_priv-struct.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/750-rtlwifi-Align-private-space-in-rtl_priv-struct.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..050defaef0 --- /dev/null +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/750-rtlwifi-Align-private-space-in-rtl_priv-struct.patch @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +From 60ce314d1750fef843e9db70050e09e49f838b69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 +From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> +Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 02:21:35 +0000 +Subject: rtlwifi: Align private space in rtl_priv struct + +The private array at the end of the rtl_priv struct is not aligned. +On ARM architecture, this causes an alignment trap and is fixed by aligning +that array with __align(sizeof(void *)). That should properly align that +space according to the requirements of all architectures. + +Reported-by: Jason Andrews <jasona@cadence.com> +Tested-by: Jason Andrews <jasona@cadence.com> +Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> +Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> +Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> +--- +--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h ++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h +@@ -2057,7 +2057,7 @@ struct rtl_priv { + that it points to the data allocated + beyond this structure like: + rtl_pci_priv or rtl_usb_priv */ +- u8 priv[0]; ++ u8 priv[0] __aligned(sizeof(void *)); + }; + + #define rtl_priv(hw) (((struct rtl_priv *)(hw)->priv)) |