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Message-ID: <46BABC0F.5070002@goop.org>
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:02:39 -0700
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <glommer@...il.com>
CC: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
rusty@...tcorp.com.au, ak@...e.de, mingo@...e.hu,
chrisw@...s-sol.org, avi@...ranet.com, anthony@...emonkey.ws,
virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, lguest@...abs.org,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 25/25] [PATCH] add paravirtualization support for x86_64
Glauber de Oliveira Costa wrote:
>>> +/*
>>> + * integers must be use with care here. They can break the PARAVIRT_PATCH(x)
>>> + * macro, that divides the offset in the structure by 8, to get a number
>>> + * associated with the hook. Dividing by four would be a solution, but it
>>> + * would limit the future growth of the structure if needed.
>>>
>>>
>> Why not just stick them at the end of the structure?
>>
>
> Does it really matter?
>
Well, yes, if alignment is an issue.
J
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