On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:33:56 am Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

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From: Dmitry Torokhov <redacted>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 13:47:20 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] module: deal with alignment issues in built-in module parameters

As DaveM said, we can't reliably put structures into independent
objects, put them into a special section, and then expect array
access over them (via the section boundaries) after linking the
objects together to just "work" due to variable alignment choices
in different situations. The only solution that seems to work
reliably is to make an array of plain pointers to the objects in
question and put those pointers in the special section.

I've applied this, but won't put it to linux-next.  I'll let it stew for
a bit longer unless someone actually reports a problem with the current
code.

Thanks,
Rusty.