[PATCH for stable/back-port] staging: vt6656: fix headers - key.c only

Ben Hutchings ben at decadent.org.uk
Sat Dec 29 23:50:24 UTC 2012


On Sat, 2012-12-29 at 13:10 +0000, Malcolm Priestley wrote:
> shorted back-ported version of upstream commit
> 11d404cb56ecd53bb23499897fbe7be1a9ac4827
> staging: vt6656: fix headers and add cfg80211.
> key.c only
> 
> This patch fixes the deadlock of 64 bit systems
> on successful association.
> 
> In key.h void pointer pvKeyTable in SKeyItem is out of alignment
> on 64 bit kernel.
> 
> The upstream arrangement of headers fixes this.
[...]

Please explain how.  I don't see anything weird about key.h and mac.h
that would cause structure definitions to be interpreted differently
depending on inclusion order.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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