Re: [PATCH rdma-next 2/2] IB/mlx5: Packet packing enhancement for RAW QP

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On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 01:42:34PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 03:14:20PM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > +struct mlx5_ib_burst_info {
> > +	__u32       max_burst_sz;
> > +	__u16       typical_pkt_sz;
> > +};
> > +
> > +struct mlx5_ib_modify_qp {
> > +	__u32			   comp_mask;
> > +	struct mlx5_ib_burst_info  burst_info;
> > +	__u8                       reserved[6];
> > +};
>
> This reserved stuff isn't right, padding is needed in the burst_info
> struct, and then a u32 at the end here.
>
> Why do we need the mlx5_ib_burst_info struct anyhow? Just increases
> the chance someone will get the padding wrong..

I think that separation to structs minimizes chances of errors, we just
need to pay attention that structs are aligned to 64b.

Thanks

>
> Jason
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