Object-oriented design patterns in the kernel, part 2

Object-oriented design patterns in the kernel, part 2

Posted Jun 8, 2011 4:52 UTC (Wed) by jzbiciak (✭ supporter ✭, #5246)
In reply to: Object-oriented design patterns in the kernel, part 2 by cmccabe
Parent article: Object-oriented design patterns in the kernel, part 2

I don't know if the syntax for forcing alignment is standardized yet.

What if you just made it an array of "double" or "long double"? Or, an array of a union of all of the "large" types, so you're guaranteed to get the most restrictively aligned type on the platform?

typedef union
{
    long long   ll;
    double      d;
    long double ld;
    void       *vp;
    void      (*fp)(void);  /* function pointer */
} align_u;

Then replace char end[0] __attribute__((aligned(4))); with align_u end[0];. Wouldn't that work?

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