Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:11:14 -0500 | From | Chris Friesen <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.4-mm1 |
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Joel Becker wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 09:43:54PM +0000, Joe Thornber wrote: > >>struct dm_ioctl { 0 >> uint32_t version[3]; >> uint32_t data_size; 4 >> >> uint32_t data_start; >> >> uint32_t target_count; >> int32_t open_count; >> uint32_t flags; 8 >> uint32_t event_nr; >> uint32_t padding; 10 *** > > > Here's probably the problem. Many 64bit arches align 64bit > numbers on a 64bit boundary. So it is adding 2 more words of padding to > start the u64 at offset 12.
But wouldn't this be applied across the board and therefore still work? Or is it defined as "packed" somewhere?
Chris
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