Cleanup ALIGNED_POINTER:

o add to platforms where it was missing (arm, i386, powerpc, sparc64, sun4v)
o define as "1" on amd64 and i386 where there is no restriction
o make the type returned consistent with ALIGN
o remove _ALIGNED_POINTER
o make associated comments consistent

Reviewed by:	bde, imp, marcel
Approved by:	re (kensmith)

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/sys/amd64/include/param.h b/sys/amd64/include/param.h
index 8ab4cff..edcf427 100644
--- a/sys/amd64/include/param.h
+++ b/sys/amd64/include/param.h
@@ -47,12 +47,6 @@
  * Round p (pointer or byte index) up to a correctly-aligned value
  * for all data types (int, long, ...).   The result is u_long and
  * must be cast to any desired pointer type.
- *
- * ALIGNED_POINTER is a boolean macro that checks whether an address
- * is valid to fetch data elements of type t from on this architecture.
- * This does not reflect the optimal alignment, just the possibility
- * (within reasonable limits). 
- *
  */
 #ifndef _ALIGNBYTES
 #define	_ALIGNBYTES	(sizeof(long) - 1)
@@ -60,9 +54,6 @@
 #ifndef _ALIGN
 #define	_ALIGN(p)	(((u_long)(p) + _ALIGNBYTES) &~ _ALIGNBYTES)
 #endif
-#ifndef _ALIGNED_POINTER
-#define	_ALIGNED_POINTER(p,t)	((((u_long)(p)) & (sizeof(t)-1)) == 0)
-#endif
 
 #ifndef _NO_NAMESPACE_POLLUTION
 
@@ -87,7 +78,13 @@
 
 #define	ALIGNBYTES		_ALIGNBYTES
 #define	ALIGN(p)		_ALIGN(p)
-#define	ALIGNED_POINTER(p,t)	_ALIGNED_POINTER(p,t)
+/*
+ * ALIGNED_POINTER is a boolean macro that checks whether an address
+ * is valid to fetch data elements of type t from on this architecture.
+ * This does not reflect the optimal alignment, just the possibility
+ * (within reasonable limits). 
+ */
+#define	ALIGNED_POINTER(p, t)	1
 
 /*
  * CACHE_LINE_SIZE is the compile-time maximum cache line size for an