4 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/cache.h b/include/linux/cache.h
index 0b7ecf3af78a..ffe52210fc4f 100644
--- a/include/linux/cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/cache.h
@@ -45,12 +45,21 @@
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 #endif
 
-#if !defined(____cacheline_maxaligned_in_smp)
+/*
+ * The maximum alignment needed for some critical structures
+ * These could be inter-node cacheline sizes/L3 cacheline
+ * size etc.  Define this in asm/cache.h for your arch
+ */
+#ifndef INTERNODE_CACHE_SHIFT
+#define INTERNODE_CACHE_SHIFT L1_CACHE_SHIFT
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp)
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP)
-#define ____cacheline_maxaligned_in_smp \
-	__attribute__((__aligned__(1 << (L1_CACHE_SHIFT_MAX))))
+#define ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp \
+	__attribute__((__aligned__(1 << (INTERNODE_CACHE_SHIFT))))
 #else
-#define ____cacheline_maxaligned_in_smp
+#define ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp
 #endif
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 7b6a6a58e465..4dd6694963c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ typedef struct hwif_s {
 	unsigned dma;
 
 	void (*led_act)(void *data, int rw);
-} ____cacheline_maxaligned_in_smp ide_hwif_t;
+} ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp ide_hwif_t;
 
 /*
  *  internal ide interrupt handler type
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 2a89c132ba9c..7e4ae6ab1977 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct pglist_data;
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP)
 struct zone_padding {
 	char x[0];
-} ____cacheline_maxaligned_in_smp;
+} ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
 #define ZONE_PADDING(name)	struct zone_padding name;
 #else
 #define ZONE_PADDING(name)
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ struct zone {
 	 * rarely used fields:
 	 */
 	char			*name;
-} ____cacheline_maxaligned_in_smp;
+} ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index a471f3bb713e..51747cd88d1a 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ struct rcu_ctrlblk {
 	long	cur;		/* Current batch number.                      */
 	long	completed;	/* Number of the last completed batch         */
 	int	next_pending;	/* Is the next batch already waiting?         */
-} ____cacheline_maxaligned_in_smp;
+} ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
 
 /* Is batch a before batch b ? */
 static inline int rcu_batch_before(long a, long b)