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Subject: Re: sshd broken on arm?
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John Hay <jhay@meraka.org.za> writes:
> [89 lines of irrelevant context snipped - learn to quote!]
>
> Ok, it turned out that the problem/change was not in the kernel. Old
> and new kernels work equally well/bad. On December 2, the default
> optimisation for the ARMs was changed from -O2 to -O. That is it. If
> I compile libsshd with -O2, it works and if I compile it with -O, it
> does not.
>
> Just adding __aligned(4) like Warner suggested also fix the problem.
> [...]
> So what should we do?

>From a portability POV, the simplest fix is to place the buffer in a
union with a dummy member that forces the alignment.

In any case, this should be discussed on the OpenSSH mailing lists, not
here.

DES
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