Re: struct nfs_fattr alignment problem in nfs3proc.c

[Richard Curnow <Richard.Curnow@superh.com>]

* Richard Curnow <Richard.Curnow@superh.com> [2003-03-24]:
> +	struct unlinkxdr {
> +		struct nfs3_diropargs	*arg;
> +		struct nfs_fattr	*res;
> +	} *ptr;

Sorry, those asterisks are not good.  Instead:

--- ../linux-2.4/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c	Fri Jan  3 15:01:17 2003
+++ fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c	Mon Mar 24 13:06:36 2003
@@ -294,25 +294,36 @@
 	nfs_refresh_inode(dir, &dir_attr);
 	dprintk("NFS reply remove: %d\n", status);
 	return status;
 }
 
 static int
 nfs3_proc_unlink_setup(struct rpc_message *msg, struct dentry *dir, struct qstr *name)
 {
 	struct nfs3_diropargs	*arg;
 	struct nfs_fattr	*res;
+	struct unlinkxdr {
+		struct nfs3_diropargs	arg;
+		struct nfs_fattr	res;
+	} *ptr;
 
-	arg = (struct nfs3_diropargs *)kmalloc(sizeof(*arg)+sizeof(*res), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!arg)
+	ptr = (struct unlinkxdr *) kmalloc(sizeof(struct unlinkxdr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ptr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	res = (struct nfs_fattr*)(arg + 1);
+	arg = &ptr->arg;
+	res = &ptr->res;
+	if (((unsigned long) arg & 0x7) != 0) {
+		printk("nfs3_proc_unlink_setup : arg not 8-byte aligned!\n");
+	}
+	if (((unsigned long) res & 0x7) != 0) {
+		printk("nfs3_proc_unlink_setup : res not 8-byte aligned!\n");
+	}
 	arg->fh = NFS_FH(dir->d_inode);
 	arg->name = name->name;
 	arg->len = name->len;
 	res->valid = 0;
 	msg->rpc_proc = NFS3PROC_REMOVE;
 	msg->rpc_argp = arg;
 	msg->rpc_resp = res;
 	return 0;
 }

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