Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Socket header | Date | Thu, 19 Dec 1996 20:12:40 +0000 (GMT) |
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> If true, the first element of the unknown length string (the data) should > not be in that stucture. Look at the problems.........
The empty field gets aligned and ensures the final structure is aligned happily. We've done this at different times in kernel for all sorts of stuff (sk_buffs < 1.3.x). Getting the alignment of the structure ends was the important reason
Alan
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