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Specify type alignment for kernel parameters instead of sizeof(void *). The alignment attribute is used to prevent gcc from increasing the alignment of objects with static extent as an optimisation, something which would mess up the __param array stride. Using __alignof__(struct kernel_param) rather than sizeof(void *) is preferred since it better indicates why it is there and doesn't break should the type size or alignment change. Note that on m68k the alignment of struct kernel_param is actually two and that adding a 1- or 2-byte field to the 20-byte struct would cause a breakage with the current 4-byte alignment. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201103175711.10731-1-johan@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.