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http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10855

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Mon Oct 21 17:20:04 CEST 2002 - schwab@suse.de

- Fix alignment in locale-archive.

Index: locale/programs/locarchive.c
===================================================================
--- locale/programs/locarchive.c.orig
+++ locale/programs/locarchive.c
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ static const char *locnames[] =
 #define RESERVE_MMAP_SIZE	512 * 1024 * 1024
 
 
+#define ALIGN(offset, alignment) \
+  (((offset) + (alignment) - 1) & -(alignment))
+
 static void
 create_archive (const char *archivefname, struct locarhandle *ah)
 {
@@ -94,7 +97,8 @@ create_archive (const char *archivefname
   /* Create the initial content of the archive.  */
   head.magic = AR_MAGIC;
   head.serial = 0;
-  head.namehash_offset = sizeof (struct locarhead);
+  head.namehash_offset = ALIGN (sizeof (struct locarhead),
+				__alignof__ (struct namehashent));
   head.namehash_used = 0;
   head.namehash_size = next_prime (INITIAL_NUM_NAMES);
 
@@ -103,12 +107,15 @@ create_archive (const char *archivefname
   head.string_used = 0;
   head.string_size = INITIAL_SIZE_STRINGS;
 
-  head.locrectab_offset = head.string_offset + head.string_size;
+  head.locrectab_offset = ALIGN (head.string_offset + head.string_size,
+				 __alignof__ (struct locrecent));
   head.locrectab_used = 0;
   head.locrectab_size = INITIAL_NUM_LOCREC;
 
-  head.sumhash_offset = (head.locrectab_offset
-			 + head.locrectab_size * sizeof (struct locrecent));
+  head.sumhash_offset = ALIGN (head.locrectab_offset
+			       + (head.locrectab_size
+				  * sizeof (struct locrecent)),
+			       __alignof__ (struct sumhashent));
   head.sumhash_used = 0;
   head.sumhash_size = next_prime (INITIAL_NUM_SUMS);
 
@@ -356,13 +363,16 @@ enlarge_archive (struct locarhandle *ah,
   newhead.string_size = MAX ((2 * newhead.string_used + 3) & -4,
 			     newhead.string_size);
 
-  newhead.locrectab_offset = newhead.string_offset + newhead.string_size;
+  newhead.locrectab_offset = ALIGN (newhead.string_offset
+				    + newhead.string_size,
+				    __alignof__ (struct locrecent));
   newhead.locrectab_size = MAX (2 * newhead.locrectab_used,
 				newhead.locrectab_size);
 
-  newhead.sumhash_offset = (newhead.locrectab_offset
-			    + (newhead.locrectab_size
-			       * sizeof (struct locrecent)));
+  newhead.sumhash_offset = ALIGN (newhead.locrectab_offset
+				  + (newhead.locrectab_size
+				     * sizeof (struct locrecent)),
+				  __alignof__ (struct sumhashent));
   newhead.sumhash_size = MAX (next_prime (2 * newhead.sumhash_used),
 			      newhead.sumhash_size);