Re: linux-2.4.0-test9

[Jamie Lokier]

David S. Miller wrote:
>    > These items are specifically placed into the data section, not the
>    > BSS, because these alignment games are not possible in the BSS.
> 
>    That would mean the BSS needs support alignment games.
> 
> The problem is it doesn't work, please go try it.
> So until it does work, I am going to revert this change.

Put __attribute__ ((section (".data"))) into __tcp_clean_cacheline_pad
and it should do what you want.

Heck, section ".bss" might give you the alignment without the allocation
but I'm not as confident about that.

-- Jamie