From: Thomas Heinz <thomasheinz@gmx.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Netlink alignment macro
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 11:00:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3E82CBAF.6040904@gmx.net> (raw)
Hi
include/linux/netlink.h says: #define NLMSG_ALIGNTO 4
I think NLMSG_ALIGNTO should be 8 because the data may be a
struct containing a 64 bit member which requires 64 bit
alignment. In this case NLMSG_DATA will not work properly if
NLMSG_LENGTH(0) % 8 != 0.
Currently this is a "theoretical" issue as
sizeof(struct nlmsghdr) == 16.
Do you agree that the definition of NLMSG_ALIGNTO should
be changed?
Regards,
Thomas
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