Re: [PATCH] i386: fix stack alignment for signal handlers

[Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer]

Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Sunday 09 October 2005 18:54, Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer wrote:
>
>
> > Here is a somewhat simplified version of my previous patch with
> > updated comments.
> >
> > Attached is also a new small user-space test program which does not
> > depend on any special gcc features and should trigger the problem on all
> > machines.
>
>
> I already have a version of the patch in my queue, but it's not a strict 
> bugfix so it's only for after 2.6.14.

I see, many thanks.

Please note that your current version could waste 16-bytes for unneeded 
alignment, while my new version does not. Not a real problem, but still 
things like these should be done right.

~Markus

> -Andi
>
> ftp://ftp.firstfloor.org/pub/ak/x86_64/quilt-current/patches/sigframe-alignment

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Markus Oberhumer, <markus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, http://www.oberhumer.com/
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