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From: Alexander Shishkin on 6 Aug 2010 07:50 On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 06:57:28 -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > Rather than re-doing the "alignment on a type size" trick all over again at > different levels, import the "ltt_align" from LTTng into kernel.h and make this > available to everyone. Renaming to: > > - object_align() > - object_align_floor() > - offset_align() > - offset_align_floor() I was just wondering if this patch makes any progress anywhere? Regards, -- Alex -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
From: Mathieu Desnoyers on 6 Aug 2010 10:50
* Alexander Shishkin (virtuoso(a)slind.org) wrote: > On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 06:57:28 -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > > Rather than re-doing the "alignment on a type size" trick all over again at > > different levels, import the "ltt_align" from LTTng into kernel.h and make this > > available to everyone. Renaming to: > > > > - object_align() > > - object_align_floor() > > - offset_align() > > - offset_align_floor() > > I was just wondering if this patch makes any progress anywhere? I'm using it in my generic ring buffer code (I'm posting it as part of the patchset). This ring buffer has only been posted in RFC-stages so far. Other than that, there has been no objection. So the first user of this patch that gets merged will probably bring the patch alongside with it. Thanks, Mathieu > > Regards, > -- > Alex -- Mathieu Desnoyers Operating System Efficiency R&D Consultant EfficiOS Inc. http://www.efficios.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ |