[PATCH v1 1/3] types: Complement the aligned types with signed 64-bit one

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Aug 15 2023 - 11:42:03 EST


Some user may want to use aligned signed 64-bit type.
Provide it for them.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/types.h | 3 ++-
include/uapi/linux/types.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index 253168bb3fe1..78d87c751ff5 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -115,8 +115,9 @@ typedef u64 u_int64_t;
typedef s64 int64_t;
#endif

-/* this is a special 64bit data type that is 8-byte aligned */
+/* These are the special 64-bit data types that are 8-byte aligned */
#define aligned_u64 __aligned_u64
+#define aligned_s64 __aligned_s64
#define aligned_be64 __aligned_be64
#define aligned_le64 __aligned_le64

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/types.h b/include/uapi/linux/types.h
index 6375a0684052..48b933938877 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/types.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ typedef __u32 __bitwise __wsum;
* No conversions are necessary between 32-bit user-space and a 64-bit kernel.
*/
#define __aligned_u64 __u64 __attribute__((aligned(8)))
+#define __aligned_s64 __s64 __attribute__((aligned(8)))
#define __aligned_be64 __be64 __attribute__((aligned(8)))
#define __aligned_le64 __le64 __attribute__((aligned(8)))

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