linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] KVM: userspace interface

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Date:	Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:51:24 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	John Stoffel <john@...ffel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] KVM: userspace interface

Alan Cox wrote:
> Ar Iau, 2006-10-19 am 10:30 -0400, ysgrifennodd John Stoffel:
>   
>> Yuck.  ioclts are deprecated, you should be using /sysfs instead for
>> stuff like this, or configfs.  
>>     
>
>
> Making sure the ioctl sizes are the same in 32/64bit and aligned the
> same way is the more important issue.
>   

Yes, pointers are padded and all other types are explicitly sized.  
Alignment is always natural.

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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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