Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] x86/kvm/hyper-v: Align the hcall param for kvm_hyperv_exit

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



bah you are right sorry :( but if ill do that ill break userspace no?
-- Jon..

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 5:30 PM Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 05/03/20 15:53, Jon Doron wrote:
> > Vitaly recommended we will align the struct to 64bit...
>
> Oh, then I think you actually should add a padding after "__u32 type;"
> and "__u32 msr;" if you want to make it explicit.  The patch, as is, is
> not aligning anything, hence my confusion.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paolo
>
> > On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 4:24 PM Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 05/03/20 15:01, Jon Doron wrote:
> >>> Signed-off-by: Jon Doron <arilou@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> ---
> >>>  include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 1 +
> >>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> >>> index 4b95f9a31a2f..9b4d449f4d20 100644
> >>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> >>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> >>> @@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ struct kvm_hyperv_exit {
> >>>                       __u64 input;
> >>>                       __u64 result;
> >>>                       __u64 params[2];
> >>> +                     __u32 pad;
> >>>               } hcall;
> >>>       } u;
> >>>  };
> >>>
> >>
> >> Can you explain the purpose of this patch?
> >>
> >> Paolo
> >>
> >
>



[Index of Archives]     [Linux Samsung SoC]     [Linux Rockchip SoC]     [Linux Actions SoC]     [Linux for Synopsys ARC Processors]     [Linux NFS]     [Linux NILFS]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]


  Powered by Linux