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SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next v2] block/drbd: use nla_put_u64_64bit()
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Le 04/05/2016 11:05, Lars Ellenberg a écrit :
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> We don't have an "alignment problem" there, btw.
> Last time I checked, we did work fine without this alignment magic,
> we already take care of that, yes, even on affected architectures.
The code adds several consecutive u64 attributes. The nl attribute header is 4
bytes, thus the full attribute length is 12 bytes. If the first u64 is aligned
on 8 (nla_data()), the next one is not aligned on 8: it starts 12 bytes (8 (u64)
+ 4 (nl attr hdr)) after the previous u64.

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