On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 05:36:18PM +0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Hello, > On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 05:11:14PM +0100, Adrian Zaugg wrote: > > On my alpha, the kernel reports the following abaout clamd in the syslog: > > Jan 6 16:38:07 ente kernel: clamd(27863): unaligned trap at > > 0000020000037750: 00000200012fecf2 28 0 > This means, that clamd tried to access some memory which the CPU > cannot directly access, because the address is not properly aligned. > The kernel fixes that, and then the access occurs. So this message is > harmless, except that it costs you a little performance. > > I find those records several times a day. What does this mean? Do I have > > to file a bug? > You can file a whishlist bug if you want, but do not expect developers > to jump onto it. Sometimes an alignement problem hides other problems, > but unless you note problems related to these messages (i.e., a > malfunction whenever it occurs) I would not worry. This is not a wishlist bug; given the performance hit that unaligned access causes on some architectures, this should probably be normal or even important. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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