linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] pvcalls-front: 64-bit align flags

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Date:   Wed, 28 Feb 2018 21:14:31 -0500
From:   Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:     Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>, jgross@...e.com
Cc:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] pvcalls-front: 64-bit align flags



On 02/28/2018 09:05 PM, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> We are using test_and_* operations on the status and flag fields of
> struct sock_mapping. However, these functions require the operand to be
> 64-bit aligned on arm64. Currently, only status is 64-bit aligned.
> 
> Make status and flags explicitly 64-bit aligned.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano@...reto.com>


Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>