There is no reason to have an u32 array in struct irq_stack. The only purpose of the array is to size the struct properly.
Preparatory change for sharing struct irq_stack with 64-bit. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de> --- arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h @@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct stack_can * per-CPU IRQ handling stacks */ struct irq_stack { - u32 stack[IRQ_STACK_SIZE / sizeof(u32)]; + char stack[IRQ_STACK_SIZE]; } __aligned(IRQ_STACK_SIZE); DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct irq_stack *, hardirq_stack);