Re: [PATCH] xtables: make XT_ALIGN() usable in exported headers byexporting __ALIGN_KERNEL()

From: Patrick McHardy
Date: Tue Apr 13 2010 - 05:22:22 EST


Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> XT_ALIGN() was rewritten through ALIGN() by commit 42107f5009da223daa800d6da6904d77297ae829
> "netfilter: xtables: symmetric COMPAT_XT_ALIGN definition".
> ALIGN() is not exported in userspace headers, which created compile problem for tc(8)
> and will create problem for iptables(8).
>
> We can't export generic looking name ALIGN() but we can export less generic
> __ALIGN_KERNEL() (suggested by Ben Hutchings).
> Google knows nothing about __ALIGN_KERNEL().
>
> COMPAT_XT_ALIGN() changed for symmetry.

Since there haven't been any objections, I've applied your patch.
Thanks.
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