[PATCH 1/1] dlm: align midcomms message buffer

[Fabio M . Di Nitto]

gcc does not guarantee that an auto buffer is 64bit aligned.
This change allows sparc64 to work.

Signed-off-by: Fabio M. Di Nitto <fabbione@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
:100644 100644 f8c69dd... 53b7af2... M	fs/dlm/midcomms.c
  fs/dlm/midcomms.c |   13 ++++++++-----
  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/dlm/midcomms.c b/fs/dlm/midcomms.c
index f8c69dd..53b7af2 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/midcomms.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/midcomms.c
@@ -58,8 +58,11 @@ static void copy_from_cb(void *dst, const void *base, unsigned offset,
  int dlm_process_incoming_buffer(int nodeid, const void *base,
  				unsigned offset, unsigned len, unsigned limit)
  {
-	unsigned char __tmp[DLM_INBUF_LEN];
-	struct dlm_header *msg = (struct dlm_header *) __tmp;
+	union {
+		unsigned char __buf[DLM_INBUF_LEN];
+		struct dlm_header dlm;
+	} __tmp;
+	struct dlm_header *msg = &__tmp.dlm;
  	int ret = 0;
  	int err = 0;
  	uint16_t msglen;
@@ -100,8 +103,8 @@ int dlm_process_incoming_buffer(int nodeid, const void *base,
  		   in the buffer on the stack (which should work for most
  		   ordinary messages). */

-		if (msglen > sizeof(__tmp) &&
-		    msg == (struct dlm_header *) __tmp) {
+		if (msglen > DLM_INBUF_LEN &&
+		    msg == &__tmp.dlm) {
  			msg = kmalloc(dlm_config.ci_buffer_size, GFP_KERNEL);
  			if (msg == NULL)
  				return ret;
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ int dlm_process_incoming_buffer(int nodeid, const void *base,
  		dlm_receive_buffer(msg, nodeid);
  	}

-	if (msg != (struct dlm_header *) __tmp)
+	if (msg != &__tmp.dlm)
  		kfree(msg);

  	return err ? err : ret;
-- 
1.5.3.8


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