From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Subject: Re: compat_xt_counters is not compatible
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 19:52:01 +0200
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Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> writes:
> 
> 
>>Andreas Schwab wrote:
>>
>>>struct compat_xt_counters uses uint32_t[4], which has 4 byte alignment,
>>>but userspace uses uint64_t[2], which has 8 byte alignment.  This breaks
>>>iptables in 2.6.17-rc1.
>>
>>Did you actually see the breakage?
> 
> 
> Of course.
> 
> 
>>gcc on x86
> 
> 
> Not all the worlds an x86.

Well, then how about providing the necessary information, starting
with the architecture?