[PATCH v7 1/4] bpf: Explicitly align bpf_res_spin_lock

From: Finn Thain

Date: Tue Jan 13 2026 - 00:38:10 EST


Align bpf_res_spin_lock to avoid a BUILD_BUG_ON() when the alignment
changes, as it will do on m68k when, in a subsequent patch, the minimum
alignment of the atomic_t member of struct rqspinlock gets increased
from 2 to 4. Drop the BUILD_BUG_ON() as it becomes redundant.

Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-m68k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Changed since v5:
- Added tag from Arnd Bergmann.
---
include/asm-generic/rqspinlock.h | 2 +-
kernel/bpf/rqspinlock.c | 1 -
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/rqspinlock.h b/include/asm-generic/rqspinlock.h
index 0f2dcbbfee2f..dd36ac96bf66 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/rqspinlock.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/rqspinlock.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct rqspinlock {
*/
struct bpf_res_spin_lock {
u32 val;
-};
+} __aligned(__alignof__(struct rqspinlock));

struct qspinlock;
#ifdef CONFIG_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/rqspinlock.c b/kernel/bpf/rqspinlock.c
index f7d0c8d4644e..8d892fb099ac 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/rqspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/rqspinlock.c
@@ -694,7 +694,6 @@ __bpf_kfunc int bpf_res_spin_lock(struct bpf_res_spin_lock *lock)
int ret;

BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(rqspinlock_t) != sizeof(struct bpf_res_spin_lock));
- BUILD_BUG_ON(__alignof__(rqspinlock_t) != __alignof__(struct bpf_res_spin_lock));

preempt_disable();
ret = res_spin_lock((rqspinlock_t *)lock);
--
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