diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/lowcore.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/lowcore.h index a47c6e221a95..47853debb3b9 100644 --- a/arch/s390/include/asm/lowcore.h +++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/lowcore.h @@ -302,7 +302,12 @@ struct _lowcore { */ __u64 ipib; /* 0x0e00 */ __u32 ipib_checksum; /* 0x0e08 */ - __u64 vmcore_info; /* 0x0e0c */ + /* + * Because the vmcore_info pointer is not 8 byte aligned it never + * should not be accessed directly. For accessing the pointer, first + * copy it to a local pointer variable. + */ + __u8 vmcore_info[8]; /* 0x0e0c */ __u8 pad_0x0e14[0x0e18-0x0e14]; /* 0x0e14 */ __u64 os_info; /* 0x0e18 */ __u8 pad_0x0e20[0x0f00-0x0e20]; /* 0x0e20 */