Re: [PATCH] xtables: make XT_ALIGN() usable in exported headers by exporting __ALIGN_KERNEL()

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From: Patrick McHardy

Subject: Re: [PATCH] xtables: make XT_ALIGN() usable in exported headers by exporting __ALIGN_KERNEL()

Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 2:22 am

Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
quoted text> XT_ALIGN() was rewritten through ALIGN() by commit 42107f5009da223daa800d6da6904d77297ae829
> "netfilter: xtables: symmetric COMPAT_XT_ALIGN definition".
> ALIGN() is not exported in userspace headers, which created compile problem for tc(8)
> and will create problem for iptables(8).
> 
> We can't export generic looking name ALIGN() but we can export less generic
> __ALIGN_KERNEL() (suggested by Ben Hutchings).
> Google knows nothing about __ALIGN_KERNEL().
> 
> COMPAT_XT_ALIGN() changed for symmetry.

Since there haven't been any objections, I've applied your patch.
Thanks.
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[PATCH] xtables: make XT_ALIGN() usable in exported header ..., Alexey Dobriyan, (Wed Apr 7, 9:22 am)

Re: [PATCH] xtables: make XT_ALIGN() usable in exported he ..., Patrick McHardy, (Tue Apr 13, 2:22 am)

Re: [PATCH] xtables: make XT_ALIGN() usable in exported he ..., Patrick McHardy, (Tue Apr 13, 3:01 am)

Re: [PATCH v2] xtables: make XT_ALIGN() usable in exported ..., Patrick McHardy, (Tue Apr 13, 4:08 am)

Re: [PATCH v2] xtables: make XT_ALIGN() usable in exported ..., Patrick McHardy, (Tue Apr 13, 5:10 am)

[PATCH v2] xtables: make XT_ALIGN() usable in exported hea ..., Alexey Dobriyan, (Wed Apr 14, 5:07 am)

Re: [PATCH v2] xtables: make XT_ALIGN() usable in exported ..., Alexey Dobriyan, (Wed Apr 14, 5:50 am)


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