On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 07:03:54AM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: > On 31. 01. 24, 3:27, Joe Damato wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 06:08:36PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 01:47:33AM +0000, Joe Damato wrote: > > > > +struct epoll_params { > > > > + __aligned_u64 busy_poll_usecs; > > > > + __u16 busy_poll_budget; > > > > + > > > > + /* pad the struct to a multiple of 64bits for alignment on all arches */ > > > > + __u8 __pad[6]; > > > > > > You HAVE to check this padding to be sure it is all 0, otherwise it can > > > never be used in the future for anything. > > > > Is there some preferred mechanism for this in the kernel that I should be > > using or is this as simple as adding a for loop to check each u8 == 0 ? > > You are likely looking for memchr_inv(). Ah, never noticed that, thanks!