Messages in this thread | | | From | Nikita Danilov <> | Date | Thu, 28 Mar 2002 17:51:56 +0300 | Subject | Re: [patch] ext2_fill_super breakage |
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Alexander Viro writes: > > > On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Nikita Danilov wrote: > > > Explicit initialization always leaves room for some "pad" field inserted > > by compiler for alignment to be left with garbage. This is more than > > just annoyance when structure is something that will be written to the > > disk. Reiserfs had such problems. > > If your structure will be written on disk you'd better have full control > over alignment - otherwise you are risking incompatibilities between > platforms and compiler versions.
Yes, but such experience frequently is only gained after format is already carved in stone^Wdisk.
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