Re: bin/58678: ntpd crashes on sparc64

[Christos Zoulas <christos%zoulas.com@localhost>]

> On Sep 20, 2024, at 2:10 AM, Martin Husemann via gnats <gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> 
> The following reply was made to PR bin/58678; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
> To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost>
> Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
> Subject: Re: bin/58678: ntpd crashes on sparc64
> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 08:06:29 +0200
> 
>> On Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 01:40:37PM -0700, Jason Thorpe wrote:
>> Rather than listing architectures, what about keying off of __NO_STRICT_ALIGNMENT?
> 
> That is NetBSD specific, isn't it?
> I had hoped there is a chance to upstream this change (the bug is not NetBSD
> specific).
> 
Yes I would send it to harlan, but I would prefer that it was done more portably, i.e. arrange for the struct to be always aligned properly so that there are no machine specific ifdefs.

christos
> Martin
>