The compiler will add padding after the last member, make that explicit. The size of a request is always 24 bytes. The size of a response always 10 bytes. Add compile-time checks. Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: teawater <teawaterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Something I noticed while working on the spec (which proves that writing a virtio-spec makes sense :) ). --- drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c | 3 +++ include/uapi/linux/virtio_mem.h | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c index 9e523db3bee1..f658fe9149be 100644 --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c @@ -1770,6 +1770,9 @@ static int virtio_mem_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev) struct virtio_mem *vm; int rc = -EINVAL; + BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct virtio_mem_req) != 24); + BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct virtio_mem_resp) != 10); + vdev->priv = vm = kzalloc(sizeof(*vm), GFP_KERNEL); if (!vm) return -ENOMEM; diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_mem.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_mem.h index e0a9dc7397c3..a455c488a995 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_mem.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_mem.h @@ -103,16 +103,19 @@ struct virtio_mem_req_plug { __virtio64 addr; __virtio16 nb_blocks; + __virtio16 padding[3]; }; struct virtio_mem_req_unplug { __virtio64 addr; __virtio16 nb_blocks; + __virtio16 padding[3]; }; struct virtio_mem_req_state { __virtio64 addr; __virtio16 nb_blocks; + __virtio16 padding[3]; }; struct virtio_mem_req { -- 2.25.4