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+/*
+ * kdatasize.c -- print the size of common data items from kernel space
+ * This runs with any Linux kernel (not any Unix, because of <linux/types.h>)
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2001 Alessandro Rubini and Jonathan Corbet
+ * Copyright (C) 2001 O'Reilly & Associates
+ *
+ * The source code in this file can be freely used, adapted,
+ * and redistributed in source or binary form, so long as an
+ * acknowledgment appears in derived source files.  The citation
+ * should list that the code comes from the book "Linux Device
+ * Drivers" by Alessandro Rubini and Jonathan Corbet, published
+ * by O'Reilly & Associates.   No warranty is attached;
+ * we cannot take responsibility for errors or fitness for use.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/utsname.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+
+/*
+ * Define several data structures, all of them start with a lone char
+ * in order to present an unaligned offset for the next field
+ */
+struct c   {char c;  char      t;} c;
+struct s   {char c;  short     t;} s;
+struct i   {char c;  int       t;} i;
+struct l   {char c;  long      t;} l;
+struct ll  {char c;  long long t;} ll;
+struct p   {char c;  void *    t;} p;
+struct u1b {char c;  __u8      t;} u1b;
+struct u2b {char c;  __u16     t;} u2b;
+struct u4b {char c;  __u32     t;} u4b;
+struct u8b {char c;  __u64     t;} u8b;
+
+static void data_cleanup(void)
+{
+	/* never called */
+}
+
+static int data_init(void)
+{
+	/* print information and return an error */
+	printk("arch  Align:  char  short  int  long   ptr long-long "
+		" u8 u16 u32 u64\n");
+	printk("%-12s  %3i   %3i   %3i   %3i   %3i   %3i      "
+		"%3i %3i %3i %3i\n",
+		system_utsname.machine,
+		/* note that gcc can subtract void * values, but it's not ansi */
+		(int)((void *)(&c.t)   - (void *)&c),
+		(int)((void *)(&s.t)   - (void *)&s),
+		(int)((void *)(&i.t)   - (void *)&i),
+		(int)((void *)(&l.t)   - (void *)&l),
+		(int)((void *)(&p.t)   - (void *)&p),
+		(int)((void *)(&ll.t)  - (void *)&ll),
+		(int)((void *)(&u1b.t) - (void *)&u1b),
+		(int)((void *)(&u2b.t) - (void *)&u2b),
+		(int)((void *)(&u4b.t) - (void *)&u4b),
+		(int)((void *)(&u8b.t) - (void *)&u8b));
+	return -ENODEV;
+}
+
+module_init(data_init);
+module_exit(data_cleanup);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");