Re: [PATCH 29/35] Btrfs ioctl code

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On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, Ryusuke Konishi wrote:

> Hi Chris,
> On Wed,  7 Jan 2009 22:57:19 -0500, Chris Mason wrote:
> > +
> > +struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args {
> > +	__s64 fd;
> > +	char name[BTRFS_PATH_NAME_MAX + 1];
> > +};
> 
> The size of btrfs_ioctl_vol_args seems to depend on architectures.
> 
> For example, the size was 3084 bytes on a x86-32 machine, but was 3088
> bytes on a x86-64 machine.

Grr. Different alignment for 64-bit values, coupled with "name" not 
having a size that is a multiple-of-eight.

Chris, I think we want to fix this.  Even if it breaks binary 
compatibility with previous tools. I don't think we want to have compat 
ioctls for something that is so close to already working.

		Linus
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