Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH - RFC] [1/2] 2.6 must-fix list - kernel error reporting | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | 08 Jul 2003 21:14:04 +0200 |
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Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> writes:
> The layout of `struct kern_log_entry' may be problematic. Think of the > situation where a 64-bit kernel constructs one of these and sends it up to > 32-bit userspace. Will the structure layout be the same under the 32-bit > compiler as under the 64-bit one?
No it won't. Best is to order the fields by size (arrays ordered by their subtype). This should always give compatible alignment.
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