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-rw-r--r--arch/s390/include/asm/lowcore.h7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/lowcore.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/lowcore.h
index a47c6e221a9..47853debb3b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/lowcore.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/lowcore.h
@@ -302,7 +302,12 @@ struct _lowcore {
*/
__u64 ipib; /* 0x0e00 */
__u32 ipib_checksum; /* 0x0e08 */
- __u64 vmcore_info; /* 0x0e0c */
+ /*
+ * Because the vmcore_info pointer is not 8 byte aligned it never
+ * should not be accessed directly. For accessing the pointer, first
+ * copy it to a local pointer variable.
+ */
+ __u8 vmcore_info[8]; /* 0x0e0c */
__u8 pad_0x0e14[0x0e18-0x0e14]; /* 0x0e14 */
__u64 os_info; /* 0x0e18 */
__u8 pad_0x0e20[0x0f00-0x0e20]; /* 0x0e20 */