From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jason Gunthorpe Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] ib_uverbs: Add padding to end align ib_uverbs_reg_mr_resp Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 20:09:45 -0600 Message-ID: <20160902020945.GB30057@obsidianresearch.com> References: <1472774969-18997-1-git-send-email-knut.omang@oracle.com> <1472774969-18997-6-git-send-email-knut.omang@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1472774969-18997-6-git-send-email-knut.omang-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Knut Omang Cc: Doug Ledford , linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Sep 02, 2016 at 02:09:25AM +0200, Knut Omang wrote: > The ib_uverbs_reg_mr_resp structure was not 64 bit end aligned > as required by the protocol. This causes alignment issues > if a device specific driver needs to transfer extra response > arguments. Can you explain in the commit message why this doesn't break anything? How does compat work with existing libibverbs? Jason -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html