netdev - RE: [PATCH RFC 1/2] virtio: introduce packed ring defines

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Date:   Tue, 27 Feb 2018 09:26:27 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Tiwei Bie' <tiwei.bie@...el.com>,
        "mst@...hat.com" <mst@...hat.com>,
        "virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
        <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        "wexu@...hat.com" <wexu@...hat.com>,
        "jfreimann@...hat.com" <jfreimann@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH RFC 1/2] virtio: introduce packed ring defines

From: Tiwei Bie
> Sent: 23 February 2018 11:18
...
> +struct vring_packed_desc_event {
> +	/* Descriptor Event Offset */
> +	__virtio16 desc_event_off   : 15,
> +	/* Descriptor Event Wrap Counter */
> +		   desc_event_wrap  : 1;
> +	/* Descriptor Event Flags */
> +	__virtio16 desc_event_flags : 2;
> +};

This looks like you are assuming that a bit-field has a defined
layout and can be used to map a 'hardware' structure.
The don't, don't use them like that.

	David