Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:18:37 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Linux 3.3-rc4 |
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On 02/20/2012 07:29 PM, Ian Kent wrote: > > Fix this by adding a new protocol version 6 packet that is packed so that > it will have the same size on all archectures regardless of alignement. >
You probably also want to make sure there aren't any holes in it, ever. Alignment holes not only cause these kinds of problems, but also cause security holes.
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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