Re: how does kernel get the "current" task struct?

[Jamie Lokier]

Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> > I guess that's what I said too, but I don't see why aligning the zone is
> > needed.  May as well leave zones representing actual memory ranges,
> > rather than some artificially aligned ranges for no obvious reason.
> 
> As I said, there may be hardware requirements where certain drivers need
> aligned large allocations, and if you don't align the zone, you can't do
> that.

I'm lost.  I know you need aligned allocations.  I don't see why you
have to align a zone to get aligned allocations.

-- Jamie