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| -rw-r--r-- | libbb/messages.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/messages.c b/libbb/messages.c index 0e43ab674..a64aa405e 100644 --- a/libbb/messages.c +++ b/libbb/messages.c @@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ const char bb_path_wtmp_file[] ALIGN1 = #error unknown path to wtmp file #endif -char bb_common_bufsiz1[COMMON_BUFSIZE]; +/* We use it for "global" data via *(struct global*)&bb_common_bufsiz1. + * Since gcc insists on aligning struct global's members, it would be a pity + * (and an alignment fault on some CPUs) to mess it up. */ +char bb_common_bufsiz1[COMMON_BUFSIZE] __attribute__(( aligned(sizeof(long long)) )); struct globals; /* Make it reside in R/W memory: */ |