> > So one of those should probably be done to free people from headaches: > > - document "start" requirement in the manual page > - require len to be aligned too, and document the requirements in the > manual page > - drop the "start" requirement and just round down the page + adjust > size automatically.
This annoyed me in the past too. The kernel should have done that alignment by itself. But changing it now would be a bad idea because it would produce programs that run on newer kernels but break on olders. Documenting it is the only sane option left. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
