Re: [PATCH] slab: Fix too strict alignment check in create_cache()

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 7:30 PM Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 09:23:28AM -0800, Christoph Lameter (Ampere) wrote:
> > On Thu, 21 Nov 2024, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > Linux has supported m68k since last century.
> >
> > Yeah I fondly remember the 80s where 68K systems were always out of reach
> > for me to have. The dream system that I never could get my hands on. The
> > creme de la creme du jour. I just had to be content with the 6800 and
> > 6502 processors. Then IBM started the sick road down the 8088, 8086
> > that led from crap to more crap. Sigh.
> >
> > > Any new such assumptions are fixed quickly (at least in the kernel).
> > > If you need a specific alignment, make sure to use __aligned and/or
> > > appropriate padding in structures.
> > > And yes, the compiler knows, and provides __alignof__.
> > >
> > > > How do you deal with torn reads/writes in such a scenario? Is this UP
> > > > only?
> > >
> > > Linux does not support (rate) SMP m68k machines.

s/rate/rare/

> > Ah. Ok that explains it.
> >
> > Do we really need to maintain support for a platform that has been
> > obsolete for decade and does not even support SMP?
>
> Since this keeps coming up, I think there is a much more important
> question to ask:
>
> Do we really need to continue supporting nommu machines ? Is anyone
> but me even boot testing those ?

Not all m68k platform are nommu.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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