Eliminate the probably unwanted hole in 'struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_hdr': Pre-patch: struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_hdr { __u64 vmxon_pa; /* 0 8 */ __u64 vmcs12_pa; /* 8 8 */ struct { __u16 flags; /* 16 2 */ } smm; /* 16 2 */ /* XXX 2 bytes hole, try to pack */ __u32 flags; /* 20 4 */ __u64 preemption_timer_deadline; /* 24 8 */ }; Post-patch: struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_hdr { __u64 vmxon_pa; /* 0 8 */ __u64 vmcs12_pa; /* 8 8 */ struct { __u16 flags; /* 16 2 */ } smm; /* 16 2 */ __u16 pad; /* 18 2 */ __u32 flags; /* 20 4 */ __u64 preemption_timer_deadline; /* 24 8 */ }; Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h index 5a3022c8af82..0662f644aad9 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h @@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_hdr { __u16 flags; } smm; + __u16 pad; + __u32 flags; __u64 preemption_timer_deadline; }; -- 2.30.2